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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 02:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: jayhawkone at April 12, 2026 02:01 PM (QSaoA)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 02:02 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: jayhawkone at April 12, 2026 02:02 PM (QSaoA)
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The tasty treat that can't be eat.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 12, 2026 02:04 PM (mtevP)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 02:05 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: From about That Time at April 12, 2026 02:05 PM (sl73Y)
and it turned out that the battery was fine, the watch had simply passed away.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 12, 2026 02:07 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 02:07 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: M. Gaga at April 12, 2026 02:07 PM (KiBMU)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 12, 2026 02:07 PM (CWTWj)
It was just pining for the fjords.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 12, 2026 02:08 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 12, 2026 02:08 PM (edLbw)
Posted by: M. Gaga at April 12, 2026 02:07 PM (KiBMU)
Are we allowed to talk about the world before 100?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 12, 2026 02:09 PM (ExV1e)
FWP...all these paid streaming services barely have the movies I want to see. I end up finding most stuff online.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 02:09 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 02:02 PM (Ia/+0)
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Try ebay, Skip. You'd be surprised what's there.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 12, 2026 02:10 PM (3ImbR)
163 I can't wait to see what congress (in their infinite wisdom) does with something like this.
Posted by: Diogenes
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This green machine is not a replacement for the Humvee. The replacement is a light tactical vehicle built by GM, of course, using the Chevrolet Colorado as the progenitor.
Except
It is powered by a blown 4 cylinder Duramax diesel engine that they sell in every country of the world except here.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:11 PM (4qjYs)
Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 02:11 PM (WlUfk)
I think it's another subversive effort by the enemies of western civilization. And they probably think it's funny.
Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 02:12 PM (emWLT)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:14 PM (4qjYs)
This is, I think, a relatively recent thing. There are devices that uses these sort of flat batteries where coated batteries don’t work. I have a whole pack of coated CR-2034s, I think, that I can only use in a few of the devices I have that need them. The coating blocks a connection in the others.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 12, 2026 02:16 PM (EXyHK)
https://tinyurl.com/3fd4bzf3
Posted by: vivi at April 12, 2026 02:16 PM (OFw3k)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 02:19 PM (Ia/+0)
Thank you for content, CBD.
I've been thinking about proposing an adjacent topic, Petty Complaints and Irritations. One of my current ones is during my morning business show, on the commercial break, they insert one or two Spanish-language commercials. I don't object to the commercials themselves, nor do I blame the sponsors for trying to reach a bilingual audience, but the change in language (cadence) is jarring to say the least.
Just a petty irritation. I have others, but can't think of them now.....
Thank you for listening.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:22 PM (QGaXH)
They are either too big or heavy or like my
mini-Dozier, it's so thin and light I forget about it, lose it then find it in the bottom of the wash tub.
Had a Kershaw 3" very light that they don't make anymore that was perfect.
They do not make decent looking everyday carry with a thumb assist and lock blade that doesn't look like it was designed for a Rambo movie. sigh
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:24 PM (4qjYs)
There's a new Crisis that Must Be Resolved With Laws every few years or so....
Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 02:28 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: M. Gaga at April 12, 2026 02:07 PM (KiBMU)
They're off - finis. Everybody's coming home. 'Lock and load'. I think Trump's gonna make the rubble bounce and blockade the Strait.
We're gonna see $7 + per gallon here in Californy
100 Comment Rule: If I might also be so bold, propose in addition to the '100 Comment' rule, a time limit for slower moving threads, for example '100 comments OR 20 minutes from time of posting'
"Just a suggestion......"
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:28 PM (QGaXH)
English closed captions on!!
Movie plays. A couple speaking Italian.
The closed captions. "Speaking foreign language."
Helpful....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 02:29 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 12, 2026 02:16 PM (EXyHK)
Wash the coating off. Probably water soluble, if it can be tasted. If oil-borne, use alcohol. PITA, I know.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 02:30 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: fluffy at April 12, 2026 02:30 PM (AN2gy)
https://tinyurl.com/3fd4bzf3
Posted by: vivi
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Cheap pliers, scissors and box knives at essential locations - Harbor freight will assist you with this.
Don't cut yourself. Hold the object withe the pliers and go at it with the box knife.
Kroger's kitchen utensils are usually of good quality. Their rubber? lid opener is ergonomic and works dandy for me.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:31 PM (4qjYs)
Posted by: jayhawkone at April 12, 2026 02:02 PM (QSaoA)
No. But at least I know to open the box before trying to eat the pizza.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:31 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 02:32 PM (yAteE)
Wash the coating off. Probably water soluble, if it can be tasted. If oil-borne, use alcohol. PITA, I know.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April
If the world goes to heck in a handbasket, you are going to be on my team, right?
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 02:32 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2026 02:34 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 02:34 PM (AkEZC)
Wash the coating off. Probably water soluble, if it can be tasted. If oil-borne, use alcohol. PITA, I know.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April
If the world goes to heck in a handbasket, you are going to be on my team, right?
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 02:32 PM (OoFl2)
Seconded. If the balloon goes up, depending on the time of year, I'm heading for either Rowley, BC or Apache Jcn AZ. LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:36 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 02:36 PM (yAteE)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2026 02:34 PM (XeU6L)
"..I generally utter bad words while doing so..."
That's obligatory.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:37 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 12, 2026 02:37 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Manuel at April 12, 2026 02:38 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 02:32 PM (OoFl2)
Of course.
Well, my omelet is eaten. I put 4 eggs, some diced ham, and some shredded cheese into the blender, and whirled it up, with a touch of baking powder. It rose up real nice in the pan, but was still a little gooey in the middle when I folded it over. Half a minute in the microwave fixed that. Texture was like a cheesy pancake. Tasted OK, though. Next time? Sprinkle additives on top of half-cooked omelet before folding over.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 02:38 PM (utfVc)
Where it waits silently for its opportunity to get together with your lost meatball.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 02:38 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
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Balloon time will be no different in BC than CA.
Isn't it a suburb of WA?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:39 PM (4qjYs)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
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¿Que?
Posted by: Manuel at April 12, 2026 02:38 PM (XeU6L)
Laughing!
Don't forget to desock.
I initially read your hash as 'sexual' (xeu'A'l)...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:42 PM (QGaXH)
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Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 12, 2026 02:16 PM (EXyHK)
I read that Apple AirTags fit into this category. When I bought the batteries Amazon recommended for AirTags ( uncoated, but still requiring Herculean strength and a sharp object to liberate from packaging ) , they seemed to work OK in AirTags.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 12, 2026 02:42 PM (skR0U)
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 12, 2026 02:43 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 02:34 PM (AkEZC)
This!
Bastards with their knife sharp plastics. May a thousand fleas infest the nether regions of the people who came up with that!
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 02:44 PM (2WIwB)
https://tinyurl.com/58peaz6w
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 02:45 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 02:46 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
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Balloon time will be no different in BC than CA.
Isn't it a suburb of WA?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:39 PM (4qjYs)
Oh shoot - I meant AB, not BC!
I think it's Rowley ? Could be wrong. I go by memory which is a bad thing now.
Out to rustle up some lunch and be productive. Taking Mr. Camper out of storage this week and going to a local regional park for two nights for 'dress rehearsal' to make sure everything works ok before we go camping at San Clemente State Beach with friends later in the month.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:47 PM (QGaXH)
Isn't it a suburb of WA?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:39 PM (4qjYs)
For the record, Rowley is in Alberta, not B.C.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 02:47 PM (utfVc)
Isn't it a suburb of WA?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:39 PM (4qjYs)
For the record, Rowley is in Alberta, not B.C.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 02:47 PM (utfVc)
Yeah.. sorry! I did correct myself above after the fact.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:49 PM (QGaXH)
Cheap pliers (channelocks or 4" vice grips if you please) and box knives. The pliers keeps your hand out of the way and holds the object steady.
Apply box knife.
Pliers, box knife and scissors can be purchased from Harbor Freight for less than $2 each.
I have a set of 4" mini-Vice grips that are very handy,
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:50 PM (4qjYs)
Funny enough, kid stayed home the rest of the week after getting my oldest sick, so I guess his mom put two and two together...just 24 hours too late...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 12, 2026 02:50 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:24 PM (4qjYs)
They do, tons of them. Unfortunately some people just hate the way Spydercos look. I love 'em, and my pocket is only without one when I'm someplace I'm not allowed to have one.
Posted by: Splunge at April 12, 2026 02:51 PM (KEowH)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:49 PM (QGaXH)
B.C., being more or less mountainous throughout, has many tiny towns or settlements in out of the way valleys that would be good hideouts during the Burning Times, though. One way in/one way out; defensible.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 02:52 PM (utfVc)
I was just finding my movie. Visiting cat on my bed moves, lays next to my dog Ralphy and licks his head for a minute.
Too cute.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 02:52 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
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I'm not jealous or envious. I know you're going to have a good time. I miss my camper.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:54 PM (4qjYs)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:49 PM (QGaXH)
B.C., being more or less mountainous throughout, has many tiny towns or settlements in out of the way valleys that would be good hideouts during the Burning Times, though. One way in/one way out; defensible.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 02:52 PM (utfVc)
I would think the winters alone would chase away the gimme-dats.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:55 PM (QGaXH)
They do not make decent looking everyday carry with a thumb assist and lock blade that doesn't look like it was designed for a Rambo movie. sigh
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:24 PM (4qjYs)
My EDC knife is a Benchmade Bugout. Understated, and in multiple colors, good steel, 3 1/4" blade, one-hand opening, and extremely light. They make a mini version at just under 3".
Not a dressy knife though, I'm kind of in the market for a dressy, wood handled, one-hand open folder of good quality that doesn't require applying for a mortgage.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 12, 2026 02:56 PM (JoTi8)
https://tinyurl.com/5yayx832
Will cut plastic, metal, acrylic tile, etc. I have one somewhere, too. Basically a shear with two fixed blades, and a moving center blade, sharpened on both sides. So it cuts a clean kerf.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 02:59 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 02:55 PM (QGaXH)
Put 'em to work cutting and hauling firewood.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 03:01 PM (utfVc)
JUST IN: In the left's latest attempt to fire back at ICE, they have lined the fencing with DILDOS at the Whipple ICE building in Minnesota
These people belong in insane asylums.
They're showing solidarity with illegal criminals through DILDOS.
https://tinyurl.com/yc6mhnbz
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I remember when I thought Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was weird.
See also blindfolded anti-Trump interpretive dance.
https://tinyurl.com/3bsytjvj
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:02 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 12, 2026 03:03 PM (3Ope8)
NPR is complaining that women have long hair and wear pretty dresses. Apparently that’s MAGA coded. Can you guess what THEIR women look like?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:06 PM (ndZc7)
https://tinyurl.com/3fd4bzf3
Posted by: vivi
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Cheap pliers, scissors and box knives at essential locations - Harbor freight will assist you with this.
Don't cut yourself. Hold the object withe the pliers and go at it with the box knife.
Kroger's kitchen utensils are usually of good quality. Their rubber? lid opener is ergonomic and works dandy for me.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:31 PM
I recently re-discovered cheap plastic box knives. With push-out, break-off sectioned blades. 10 for $5 or something like that. Cuts through box sealing tape, corrugated cardboard, and much moar! I have stashed one in the kitchen, laundry room, in every toolbox, two in the garage, and so on. No more pocket knives dulled by corrugated cardboard.
My human-resistant package FWP lately is cellophane bread wrappers, with taped or heat-sealed closures. Damned if I can find a seam to slip a fingernail under to tear the bag open! Typically used for Pepperidge Farm breads.
Posted by: Gref at April 12, 2026 03:07 PM (5rh/l)
CBS News
@CBSNews
In response to controversy surrounding a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol and comments he made previously on Reddit, Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner says "much of it was because of the culture I had come out of."
"When I left the military, I came out of a hyper-masculine, hyper-violent place," he says. "I did four tours in the infantry. We have a crude sense of humor in the infantry. We certainly have a, I would say, narrow view of a lot of topics, and that colored my opinions and my beliefs."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:08 PM (ndZc7)
My human-resistant package FWP lately is cellophane bread wrappers, with taped or heat-sealed closures. Damned if I can find a seam to slip a fingernail under to tear the bag open! Typically used for Pepperidge Farm breads.
Posted by: Gref at April 12, 2026 03:07 PM (5rh/l)
That plastic used on so many carded products is damned tough, though, meaning you have to use a lot of force to cut it. That's when accidents happen. Some sort of shear is a lot safer, and easier to control. That Bernz cutter in the link above could neatly cut ONE battery out of that card, and leave the rest of the bubbles intact.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 03:12 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:12 PM (ndZc7)
BernzCutter
Thanks, AOP. You make the first world better...now to figure out the conversion from CAD to USD.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 03:12 PM (2TPZH)
Posted by: Splunge
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I have a Spyderco folder. Nice knife.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 03:12 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Let's not childproof the world at April 12, 2026 03:13 PM (txbPX)
NPR is complaining that women have long hair and wear pretty dresses. Apparently that’s MAGA coded. Can you guess what THEIR women look like?
_-_
Butchy, butchy, butch.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 03:14 PM (2TPZH)
Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2026 03:14 PM (qdktZ)
Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 03:14 PM (emWLT)
Canadian PM Carney Casts Himself as Staunch NATO Defender, Despite His Country Skipping 2% Spending Target Since Berlin Wall Fell
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:14 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Weasel at April 12, 2026 03:14 PM (qdktZ)
Speaking of Gun Thread, my shop project for today is to mount a Gamo air rifle scope on my old Cooey .22 boltie. Looks like I will have to drill and tap the receiver to accept a dovetail plate. Will this work?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 03:17 PM (utfVc)
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A platoon. Maybe.
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I think they spared a couple guys for the "defense" of Greenland a couple months ago. That's something....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 03:17 PM (AkEZC)
NPR is complaining that women have long hair and wear pretty dresses. Apparently that’s MAGA coded. Can you guess what THEIR women look like?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:06 PM (ndZc7)
Trying to recode something as fundamental as what a man finds attractive in a woman is like trying to reverse the spin of the earth, or eliminate the gravity attached to a massive object. It's just how God made it.
How come they never talk about changing what women find fundamentally attractive in a man?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 03:17 PM (QGaXH)
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Posted by: IllTemperedCur
Nice knife
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 03:18 PM (4qjYs)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 12, 2026 03:17 PM (QGaXH)
How did women rate men before wallets were invented?
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Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 03:19 PM (utfVc)
CBS News
@CBSNews
In response to controversy surrounding a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol and comments he made previously on Reddit, Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner says "much of it was because of the culture I had come out of."
"When I left the military, I came out of a hyper-masculine, hyper-violent place," he says. "I did four tours in the infantry. We have a crude sense of humor in the infantry. We certainly have a, I would say, narrow view of a lot of topics, and that colored my opinions and my beliefs."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:08 PM (ndZc7)
Bet he's got a Unicorn somewhere now.
Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 03:19 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 03:20 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: From about That Time at April 12, 2026 03:22 PM (sl73Y)
@CBSNews
In response to controversy surrounding a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol and comments he made previously on Reddit, Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner says "much of it was because of the culture I had come out of."...
The only culture you climbed out of was in a petri dish. Scumbag Democrat.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 12, 2026 03:22 PM (RCw7C)
UN Nominates Iran to Lead Its Terrorism Prevention Group
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That like putting me in charge of the Pizza Prohibition Party.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:24 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: M. Gaga at April 12, 2026 03:25 PM (KiBMU)
Speaking of carry knives, I like the name Aragorn used for his "knife", Anduril. Flame of the West. And I automatically came to like the founder of that company, Anduril, from the last thread. Anyone that names their company after Aragorn's sword has to be a good guy.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 12, 2026 03:25 PM (RCw7C)
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That like putting me in charge of the Pizza Prohibition Party.
Or me in charge of the Sophie Marceau Haters Club.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 03:26 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Nasty Man at April 12, 2026 03:26 PM (oftw2)
UN Nominates Iran to Lead Its Terrorism Prevention Group
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That like putting me in charge of the Pizza Prohibition Party.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 03:24 PM (ndZc7)
Old shaitan's got his claws around UN's slimy heart. One of their next AG/s might be the anti-christ, at this rate.
Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 03:26 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 03:27 PM (emWLT)
Posted by: gov'theretohelp at April 12, 2026 03:27 PM (x0hD2)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 03:28 PM (Ia/+0)
And ubiquitous.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 12, 2026 03:29 PM (RCw7C)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 12, 2026 03:29 PM (RCw7C)
Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 03:30 PM (emWLT)
Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 03:35 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Shoefly the Boxing Mule at April 12, 2026 03:36 PM (ufJfM)
Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2026 03:37 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Musikologist at April 12, 2026 03:37 PM (oftw2)
Their multi-purpose scissors are $1.29.
They are micro-serrated and eat plastic packaging for breakfast.
For the pain, suffering, and medical expense of a single knife wound to your hand, you could purchase a hundred pairs of their scissors.
(I think the pair in my tool bag has lasted 10 years!)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 12, 2026 03:37 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 03:39 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 12, 2026 03:39 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Semper Paratus at April 12, 2026 03:40 PM (oftw2)
Too bad one tie rod is apparently seized and I can't get it off without turning the whole axel.
Pissing me off.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 03:40 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: epador at April 12, 2026 03:42 PM (1TB0b)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 03:42 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 12, 2026 03:43 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 03:44 PM (2TPZH)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 12, 2026 03:44 PM (Kt19C)
NPR is complaining that women have long hair and wear pretty dresses. Apparently that’s MAGA coded.
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Stockings with straight seems up the back?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 03:44 PM (4qjYs)
You just don't understand the process.
Posted by: Ries Gorthanes at April 12, 2026 03:45 PM (uNwvV)
It's a drug test designed as packaging.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 03:45 PM (Sco7b)
This Might Be Better Than A Flying Car, Especially In Traffic
US Army's next-gen combat vehicle adds autonomy, 50 mm cannon power
At the center of the XM30's capabilities is an unmanned turret equipped with a 50 mm XM913 Bushmaster autocannon. This weapon offers greater range and firepower than the 25 mm cannon on the Bradley, improving effectiveness against modern armored threats. The unmanned turret allows the vehicle to operate with a two-person crew. Both crew members remain inside the hull, enhancing protection by removing the need for a traditional manned turret position.Here's the video! Yes, it's an advertisement, but it looks like just the thing for commuting into our blue cities. I saw a video of one of our Bradleys we gave to Ukraine absolutely knocking the snot out of a Russian tank. And the Bradley carries a 25mm gun. A 50mm chain gun will be a game changer...maybe.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 12:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 12, 2026 12:02 PM (hJH5n)
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Unmanned with a two person crew? Hmmm
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 12, 2026 12:02 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 12:02 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:03 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 12:04 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 12, 2026 12:04 PM (TR4+2)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 12:06 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 12:07 PM (Ia/+0)
I can't wait to see what congress (in their infinite wisdom) does with something like this.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:08 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 12, 2026 12:08 PM (Y1sOo)
FoxNews - no deal. Trump blockade of Strait. Trump said everything was good except Iran's desire for nukes. I wonder why they want those.
MSNow - Velshi. No Iran deal. And his tits are still in a bunch over Trump's destroying civilization remarks. New reason to be upset ..... blocking the strait!!!
CNN- Iran blockade. Also 2028 and Swalwell because the knives are out. GatewayPundit thinks there may have been a threeway.
CBC - Canadian politics. Blockade now....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 12:08 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:09 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:03 PM*
From Saving Private Ryan:
Capt. Miller: Well, we could make a sticky bomb.
Corp. Henderson: Are, are you making that up, sir?
Capt. Miller: No, it's in the field manual.
Pvt. Ryan: Well, we seem to be out of field manuals, sir. Perhaps you can "enlighten" us.
Capt. Miller: You take a standard G.I. sock, cram it with as much Comp[osition] B as it can hold, rig up a simple fuse, then coat the whole thing with axle grease. Now when you throw it, it should stick. It's a bomb that sticks, a "sticky bomb." Think of a better way to knock out the tracks off a tank, 'm all ears.
Posted by: But it's NOT a movie thread! at April 12, 2026 12:12 PM (2Ez/1)
Something less than 25ton and 100" x 90" would be better.
Or flying battle mechs piloted by big tt anime girls which is actually preferable all around.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 12, 2026 12:13 PM (3uBP9)
Sodomy and the lash for all!
Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 12:14 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 12:14 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 12:15 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 12:15 PM (emWLT)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 12, 2026 12:16 PM (u5xQp)
It’s by no means 100% revitalization and there still are several no go zones, etc. But a lot of it has turned positive.
Posted by: Heroq at April 12, 2026 12:16 PM (UuB1r)
He discusses the situation with the purported mining of the Hormuz done by Iran/IRGC and the changes Iran implemented to the shipping channels.
Worth a look if interested it the situation from a non-military POV exclusively or filled with politics.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 12:17 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 12, 2026 12:17 PM (ynpvh)
Things are looking promising in the Hungarian elections.
Like a lot of countries, Hungary has a City Party and a County Party - historically, Budapest has generally hated Orban, while the rest of Hungary has generally supported Orban.
Turnout is running very high in rural areas and small towns in Hungary, which is good for Fidesz and Orban.
Eurocrats and open-border advocates hardest hit.
Fingers crossed...
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 12, 2026 12:18 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 12, 2026 12:19 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 12:20 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 12, 2026 12:19 PM (0N4FZ)
No. 50mm.
Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 12:20 PM (emWLT)
Posted by: ballistic at April 12, 2026 12:21 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: 6mm chain gun at April 12, 2026 12:21 PM (2Ez/1)
My Mom grew up there. The family fled during Coleman Young's reign. May he rot in hell. I still wouldn't want to travel there. From Grok.
Violent Crime Ranking (Latest Available Data) Based on 2024–2025 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data and analyses: Detroit often places in the top 5–10 for violent crime rate per 100,000 residents among major U.S. cities (population 100,000+ or 200,000+).
In one 2026 compilation of top dangerous cities using recent FBI figures, Detroit ranked #3 with a violent crime rate of approximately 2,059 per 100,000 (behind Memphis at ~2,437 and St. Louis at ~2,082). U.S. News & World Report's 2025–2026 "Most Dangerous Places" ranking placed Detroit at #5.
Other sources (e.g., MoneyGeek, NeighborhoodScout) rank it in the bottom 1–5% safest for violent crime nationally, with rates several times the U.S. average (~359–400 violent crimes per 100,000).
Detroit's violent crime rate (including murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault) was reported around 1,781–2,059 per 100,000 in recent FBI snapshots, compared to the national average of roughly 359.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 12:21 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: My Big Ten Inch at April 12, 2026 12:23 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 12, 2026 12:23 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: The Paolo at April 12, 2026 12:23 PM (55eRG)
Posted by: My Big Ten Inch at April 12, 2026 12:23 PM (oftw2)
Millimeters makes it seem longer.
Posted by: Euroweenie Vienna Sausage at April 12, 2026 12:24 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:08 PM (2WIwB)
it looks like it is supposed to be the ISV, which does look like an upscale ATV that sits 6 based on a Chevy truck frame
Posted by: Kindltot at April 12, 2026 12:24 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 12:24 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 12, 2026 12:23 PM (0N4FZ)
They are the put between the baterries.
Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 12:24 PM (emWLT)
In Germany, France, UK this happened stealthily. No politicians there expressly said we’re going to turn your country Muslim. They just did it behind the scenes. So you can sorta kinda excuse voters for letting it happen. They were conned to a certain extent.
In Hungary the leftists are outright saying yes we will open the borders and you will someday be a minority in your own country. Hungary has had a decade witnessing what happened in the UK, France and Germany. And even so, there is a chance they may win.
There is no excuse this time. A sizable percentage of Europeans hate themselves to the point they will vote for self extermination.
Posted by: Heroq at April 12, 2026 12:25 PM (UuB1r)
Sodomy and the lash for all!
Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 12:14 PM (gKWVE)
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I'm here, once again, to flaunt my ignorance... is this a good idea? It seems one thing if Iran wants to hold the world hostage but quite another to hold ships and say "Fuck you - pay me" to the world. Would other countries be likely to say this is an act of aggression against them?
Posted by: 496 at April 12, 2026 12:25 PM (TV54s)
Posted by: Ready! Fire! Aim! at April 12, 2026 12:26 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 12, 2026 12:19 PM (0N4FZ)
No. 50mm.
Um, granted we are metric-disgusted, but...
Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 12:26 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: NYC Refugee Since 1988 at April 12, 2026 12:27 PM (oftw2)
I'm wondering if my idea of 100 mile extension cords is suddenly viable.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 12:27 PM (Sco7b)
We don't fight wars anymore to win so why do we need a 50mm autocannon, it just gets in the way of the pizza oven and the PlayStation.
Posted by: Roy Munson at April 12, 2026 12:28 PM (onPc6)
Posted by: No Self Control at April 12, 2026 12:28 PM (oftw2)
I lived in one in the Spring Garden area of Philly!
went back to show the building to the kids and they tore it down and put an ugly lego-box modernist "townhome" there
the turreted house on the corner across Green was still there tho
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 12, 2026 12:28 PM (j+aD2)
I'm having a BLAST! some really interesting Italian and Japanese peeps and we can talk directly now.
it's really cool
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 12, 2026 12:29 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 12:15 PM (emWLT)
I see a Diesel-electric drive as advantageous for tracked vehicles. One or more engines, driving one or more generators. Small battery bank (optional) for surge power. Electric motor on each track. No huge torque converters. No massive and expensive reduction gears. Each track independently controlled, so you could run one forward, and the other in reverse to pivot-steer.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 12:32 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Lincoln Chafee at April 12, 2026 12:32 PM (Ucgf4)
Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 12:32 PM (XuXeR)
Flying a ginormous American Flag.
And blasting rock and roll.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 12, 2026 12:33 PM (qKTd3)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 12:34 PM (tgvbd)
G-night.
Posted by: SPC Reforgers first shop maint. at April 12, 2026 12:34 PM (emWLT)
Posted by: Operator Error at April 12, 2026 12:35 PM (wsxbk)
Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 12:35 PM (XuXeR)
The pro-EU sex pervert druggie running against Orban claims that he will be even tougher on immigration than Orban.
And if you believe that, I have several bridges across the Danube to sell you.
This is a really important election.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 12, 2026 12:36 PM (n1OCj)
(Just because it has been used so bloody much)
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 12, 2026 12:02 PM (hJH5n)
"pasttime metamorphasis" is now in play, people!
Be the first on your block to use it!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at April 12, 2026 12:37 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 12:37 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: 496 at April 12, 2026 12:25 PM (TV54s)
Trump just flipped the script. The mob on the street decided to shake down shop owners to keep them from burning down the stores, so the other mob burned down the stores for paying protection money.
The Euros have put themselves in a position where they need oil from the gulf, AND if the recent revelations are true, then the Iranians are laundering their money through Lloyd's Bank and Banco Santander UK. This means the Euros were in a position to bring a lot of pressure to allow Iran to levy "protection" from their own piracy and also skim the fees for processing the banking transactions.
As well as hiking the insurance up and requiring any insured shipping to pay the protection money. Both ends of this will profit the UK and Euro banks. And Trump said "howabout no"
Posted by: Kindltot at April 12, 2026 12:37 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 12:38 PM (Ia/+0)
Tell me you don't know how to read the room without telling me you don't know how to read the room.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 12:38 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 12:38 PM (XuXeR)
One factor in Hungary that's not true in most of Europe is that Hungary was ruled by the Ottoman Empire for a couple of centuries.
They didn't like it.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 12, 2026 12:39 PM (n1OCj)
That's why the Leftists in Hungary are lying about their intentions, of course.
"Open borders? Who, us?"
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 12, 2026 12:40 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: No Ketchup! at April 12, 2026 12:40 PM (oftw2)
Like one sort for recon work, another for anti-personnel another one for anti-armor, etc.
Some remote controlled, others not.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 12:42 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Tough Kids, Sissy Kids.... at April 12, 2026 12:42 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 12:38 PM (XuXeR)
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Rumor has it that they're the dogs kids love to bite.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 12, 2026 12:43 PM (mtevP)
Think Metric!
Posted by: Great Bumper Stickers of The Smithsonian at April 12, 2026 12:45 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Flying battlemechs piloted by big tt anime girls at April 12, 2026 12:45 PM (3uBP9)
1. There is a 36-hour Easter truce going on at the moment. Both sides have suspended their drone campaigns until Monday. In the past few weeks, Ukraine has stepped up their cross-border drone attacks. If you are a stationary fuel tank on either side of the border, it sucks to be you.
2. The front lines remain pretty much where they have been for a couple of months. The Russian attacks on some cities are stalled, while a few villages and potato fields swap hands multiple times.
3. The Russians are waiting for the Ukrainians to collapse, while the Ukrainians wait for a better option to appear.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 12, 2026 12:46 PM (TR4+2)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 12, 2026 12:46 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Fat kids and skinny kids at April 12, 2026 12:46 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t)
Mud season.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 12, 2026 12:49 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t)
No the anduril guy seems pretty based. You might be thinking about anthropic who are dirty shit libs.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 12, 2026 12:50 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 12, 2026 12:51 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:51 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t)
This is Anthropic, not Anduril.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 12, 2026 12:51 PM (hcocR)
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I think it's Anthropic... an AI company that's behind the one called "Claude." IIRC. Used by the DoW to plan the Maduro snatch and grab.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 12:52 PM (AkEZC)
This is Anthropic, not Anduril.
Ah, you are correct! Thanks.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 12:53 PM (utfVc)
Bring it! 120mm
*smiles* 155mm
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:51 PM (2WIwB)
Laughs! 5mm
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 12, 2026 12:53 PM (ynpvh)
I'm having a BLAST! some really interesting Italian and Japanese peeps and we can talk directly now.
it's really cool
Are you recreating the Axis?
*glances nervously at Germany*
Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 12:54 PM (Riz8t)
Continuation of what we have already been doing - Venezuelan or Iranian oil gets to the world market, preventing further impact on prices, while not one $ gets to the regime. Goes to escrow accounts - some of which already exist and have been used for this purpose.
The "toll" thing is not big $ for the regime and won't last. We can stop it in one day by mining the alternative routes Iran is forcing ships to use - again, Iran has no workarounds or capability to deal with this.
In any case 93% chance general offensive operations resume soon. Regime hasn't changed despite Trump's amusing assertions, there's a lot more work to do, and we're moving even more assets into range.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2026 12:55 PM (U/Byj)
You look at the stuff before the enviroweinies at the EPA dug their shitty little hand into the now Department of War. The ground vehicles could run on damn near anything. Kerosene to JP8 to used motor oil if need be. That was very intentional.
This electric bullshit needs to go away.
Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 12:56 PM (emWLT)
Aragorn's sword. Much backstory to it which I imagine you're not that interested in.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2026 12:56 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 12:57 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 12:53 PM (utfVc)
Several of these companies are named for references to LOTR. Anduril is one. Palantir is another.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 12, 2026 12:59 PM (hcocR)
Aragorn's sword. Much backstory to it which I imagine you're not that interested in.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 12, 2026 12:56 PM (vTZFs)
Long story short...
Tom Bombadil created the sword, Anduril, from ivy, and berries and bumble bee honey!
Posted by: naturalfake at April 12, 2026 01:00 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 01:02 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 12, 2026 01:02 PM (Cqx++)
This is Anthropic, not Anduril.
Ah, you are correct! Thanks.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t)
No the anduril guy seems pretty based. You might be thinking about anthropic who are dirty shit libs.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 12, 2026 12:50 PM (3uBP9)
Palmer Luckey, founder of Anduril, was famously fired from Facebook for supporting Donald Trump.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 12, 2026 01:03 PM (hcocR)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 12, 2026 01:03 PM (3uBP9)
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What's wild is that the Iranians / IRGC moved the shipping channels that were being used to new ones that are entirely in Iranian territorial waters.
The reason. They claimed they mined the original ones and couldn't provide "security" for commercial vessels.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 01:05 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:51 PM (2WIwB)
mounted 105mm in AC 130 during Nam
very effective
Posted by: MAC V SOG at April 12, 2026 01:06 PM (P4Pk9)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 01:06 PM (Ia/+0)
The two man crew won't be fixing a thrown track in any kind of hurry.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 01:07 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 12, 2026 01:08 PM (n7rxJ)
Oh, oh, oh! Can you believe it? He just threatened to destroy the storied civilization of Persia, Cyrus the Great, Darius, and the Achaemenid Empire! The collective knickers of the anti-Trump establishment were twisted tight. He’s an “unhinged madman,” skirled some. “Apply the 25th Amendment and remove him from office,” burped others. Bill Kristol, the smarmy Yoda of the NeverTrump coven, urged top military leaders to disobey any such orders the president might issue. The frenzied knot of moralizing mouthpieces competed mightily to show the world how lustrous their consciences were.
This shoddy bit of holier-than-thou performance art would have been simply funny were it not also such a ghastly symptom of insanity.
https://tinyurl.com/468nem6h
Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 01:09 PM (Riz8t)
This electric bullshit needs to go away.
Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 12:56 PM (emWLT)
Well, I am not talking about all-electric. You want a multi-fuel Diesel that drives a generator. Generator supplies current to electric motors to drive the tracks. That's how those giant mining trucks work. If you want, have a small lithium battery pack to provide surge power, or to enable "silent" operation for a short distance. A small battery pack could be spread out in a thin layer as part of the belly armor.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 01:10 PM (utfVc)
The two man crew won't be fixing a thrown track in any kind of hurry.
Probably not, but here's an honest question. On a modern battlefield, is that really going to be an option anymore? I doubt the vehicle would survive long enough.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t)
Okay. I need this thing unplugged I got an appointment at... um yeah, an appointment at JAG. Yeah JAG. LT knows all about it.
See yah.
Posted by: SPC Reforgers first shop maint. at April 12, 2026 01:11 PM (emWLT)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:51 PM (2WIwB)
mounted 105mm in AC 130 during Nam
very effective
Posted by: MAC V SOG at April 12, 2026 01:06 PM (P4Pk9)
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Spooky?
Yes. Very much so.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 01:11 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Sam Cooke at April 12, 2026 01:11 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:51 PM (2WIwB)
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175mm
*folds arms*
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 12, 2026 01:12 PM (mtevP)
POTUS is live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_QhhV00Yqw
Posted by: BifBewalski
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"So we're gonna have to do it the hard way -- which is the easy way."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 12, 2026 01:12 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 01:06 PM (Ia/+0)
Judge Rita Lin. If you looked in your F&Ws for a picture of what a chicom spy looks like it would be that.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 12, 2026 01:12 PM (3uBP9)
Okay. I need this thing unplugged I got an appointment at... um yeah, an appointment at JAG. Yeah JAG. LT knows all about it.
See yah.
Posted by: SPC Reforgers first shop maint. at April 12, 2026 01:11 PM (emWLT)
Haa!
The E-4 mafia strikes again!
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 01:13 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Diogenes
**********
Infinity goes both directions.
Posted by: muldoon at April 12, 2026 01:13 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Diogenes
**********
Is this about me?
Posted by: The Zumwalt class destroyer at April 12, 2026 01:15 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: muldoon at April 12, 2026 01:13 PM (qgHp7)
I manage to be stupid across the complex plane. Very dumb but even with imaginary stuff.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 12, 2026 01:15 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 12, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t)
Oh I think they will. Drones would scare the hell out of me, but counter-drone capabilities are coming along. We've gone to wheeled systems over the last 20 years...it looks like a return to tracks is next. The ebb and flow of military doctrine and contracting.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 01:16 PM (2WIwB)
The U.S. Navy has finally thrown in the towel on the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Boise (SSN-764). After more than eleven years pierside and roughly $800 million poured into a repair effort that never really started, the service announced that the 34-year-old boat will be inactivated rather than returned to the fleet.
The decision comes as the Navy shifts focus to Virginia- and Columbia-class construction, yet one has to wonder why those same priorities could not have been acted on years earlier while Boise gathered dust and the rest of the submarine force picked up the slack
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 01:17 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: t-bird at April 12, 2026 01:17 PM (i14TE)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 01:18 PM (fE6HJ)
Posted by: Flying battlemechs piloted by big tt anime girls at April 12, 2026 01:18 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 12, 2026 01:18 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 12, 2026 12:08 PM (Y1sOo)
Arkansas State Troopers will be their #1 consumer.
Posted by: He didn't signal! KRABOOOM!!! at April 12, 2026 01:19 PM (TbWk/)
*folds arms*
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 12, 2026 01:12 PM (mtevP)
8 inch.
FTW!!!
(My first assignment)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 01:20 PM (2WIwB)
We thank you very much!
Posted by: Somali Boat Company, Inc. at April 12, 2026 01:20 PM (onPc6)
Remember when we desperately needed a replacement for the jeep so they came up with the HMVEE? Bigger, faster, stronger, more versatile, could carry a bunch in a C-130 oor C-17. Real mobility! then the bad guys started laying mines and IEDs. Suddenly they weren't very survivable, so Congress (in their infinite wisdom) said to armor them up. So instead of carrying 7-8 in a C-130 you got 2. And not as fast, not as mobile, and all the Iranians did was modify the IED they gave to the bad guys.
I can't wait to see what congress (in their infinite wisdom) does with something like this.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 12:08 PM (2WIwB)
The Humvee's problem was that the sooper genius Army and Marine brass decided to use the equivalent of a WWII jeep to do a Bradley or LAV's job. Because you could quickly move a shitload of unarmored Humvees into theater, rather than using the weapons systems that were actually designed for those jobs.
Combine that with enemies using modern antitank weapons (even shitty weapons made by drunken Slavs), and crude IEDs made out of obsolete artillery ammo, a blasting cap and a 9v battery, and the Humvees got hammered.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 12, 2026 01:21 PM (JoTi8)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 01:22 PM (RIvkX)
After more than eleven years pierside and roughly $800 million poured into a repair effort that never really started, the service announced that the 34-year-old boat will be inactivated rather than returned to the fleet.
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After Coral Sea, we repaired Yorktown in three days.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 01:22 PM (tgvbd)
I used to work on mining trucks. 60, 45 and 30 ton. They are all
diesel.
In my opinion the diesel electric is not nearly robust enough for combat conditions. It's great for something like hauling 400+ tons of rock around in circles or straight down a track but drive it off a cliff or through a river...
Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 01:22 PM (emWLT)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 01:23 PM (2WIwB)
Stop making us look bad!
The Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring holds the record for the longest recent repair, having spent over 3,000 days (more than 9 years) out of service for refits and the Power Improvement Project, exceeding its initial construction time. It is expected to return to the fleet in late 2026.
Longest Recent Royal Navy Repairs
HMS Daring (Type 45 Destroyer): Withdrawn in 2017, this vessel has undergone over 3,000 days of refit/regeneration (as of Aug 2025), exceeding the 2,307 days it took to build her.
HMS Prince of Wales (Aircraft Carrier): Experienced over 411 days of repairs, including 193 days for severe engine room flooding, representing nearly 33% of its service time since Dec 2019.
Posted by: The Royal Navy at April 12, 2026 01:25 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 12:14 PM (gKWVE)
They stole that idea from us.
Notice that we haven't done shit since we got rid of the daily rum ration.
Posted by: The Royal Navy at April 12, 2026 01:25 PM (IG3/x)
I can't wait to see what congress (in their infinite wisdom) does with something like this.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Is this about me?
Posted by: The Zumwalt class destroyer at April 12, 2026 01:15 PM (2Ez/1)
Could be worse...
Posted by: M247 Sergeant York at April 12, 2026 01:27 PM (JoTi8)
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American shipyards were able to turn out dozens of "Liberty Ships" a week and escort destroyers at about the same rate.
I think some "light" carrier types were pushed out the doors in a month or so.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 12, 2026 01:27 PM (AkEZC)
Did somebody say thrown track?
Okay. I need this thing unplugged I got an appointment at... um yeah, an appointment at JAG. Yeah JAG. LT knows all about it.
See yah.
Posted by: SPC Reforgers first shop maint
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Haa!
The E-4 mafia strikes again!
Posted by: Diogenes
Chief Bif: why the fook is sp4 Reforger's track still deadlined.
Lt Diogenes: he had to go JAG off.
Chief Bif: well Lt, you & I ain't mounting it. *shouts* "motor sgt? Ambush that little shit when he comes back to Top's 1600 formation, and roadmarch his narrow ass back here so the LT & I can watch him and his squadies fix that track overnight."
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 12, 2026 01:27 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 12, 2026 01:27 PM (IG3/x)
Barney Frank
Wilbur Mills
Wayne Hays
Too perverted for Congress.
Eric Swalwell? Just perverted enough for Congress.
*thumbs up*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 01:31 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 01:34 PM (utfVc)
Now, now. Who among us hasn't been blindsided by the fact that a roommate was running a gay whorehouse out of our shared apartment?
Could happen to anyone.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 12, 2026 01:34 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 01:36 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 01:36 PM (RIvkX)
How about an EM-50?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 01:39 PM (KfXOG)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 01:39 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Process is well developed. Same principle as diesel electric locomotives.
Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 01:42 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 01:43 PM (KfXOG)
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Bill Murray is a bit old and Harold Ramis plus John Candy are mort.
Don't think Warren is still around either but we still have John Larroquette.
Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 01:44 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 12, 2026 01:45 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 01:45 PM (KfXOG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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For the record: Fanne Foxe
Jumping into the Tidal Basin to evade the cops was the icing on the cake.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2026 01:45 PM (XeU6L)
Sean Young is still around.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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I forget, did she man the autocannon on the EM 50 or was it PJ Soles? I think you are correct that Sean ran it.
Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 01:47 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2026 01:48 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: M. Gaga at April 12, 2026 01:50 PM (KiBMU)
Posted by: Piper at April 12, 2026 01:54 PM (OoFl2)
Hybrid? What happens if the battery gets hit?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 12, 2026 01:54 PM (QOQ9u)
(I boastfully nominate commensurately as the Word Of The Week)
Posted by: Gref at April 12, 2026 01:54 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 12, 2026 01:27 PM (QVmho)
You guys have fun with that. As you know I already report for 1400 to Batalion for extra duty. Watcha gonna do? Kick me out?
Posted by: SPC Reforgers first shop maint. at April 12, 2026 01:55 PM (emWLT)
Flashback!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 01:55 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2026 01:56 PM (eiAiG)
The U.S. Navy has finally thrown in the towel on the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Boise (SSN-764). After more than eleven years pierside and roughly $800 million poured into a repair effort that never really started, the service announced that the 34-year-old boat will be inactivated rather than returned to the fleet.
Posted by: Stateless
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Part of this problem is because our shipyards cannot turn out enough warships at a reasonable cost. So US Navy, desperate to keep enough ships afloat to do its job, tried to do cheap refurb and got dragged into a moneypit from sunk costs--they also kept delaying routine maintenance due to budget reasons which is why the Boise was in such bad shape to begin with.
Skilled workforce on shipbuilding has shrank and went away to China, Japan, and S. Korea while the dockyards in the US and Merrie Olde England barely function. Add politicians and voila a thorough going mess.
Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 01:58 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: SPC Reforgers first shop maint. at April 12, 2026 01:55 PM (emWLT)
Cbief, I'll grab the Platoon Sergeant and squad leader and tell them not to make plans for Saturday.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2026 01:59 PM (2WIwB)
(I boastfully nominate commensurately as the Word Of The Week)
Posted by: Gref
NATO is walking dead.
Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 01:59 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 02:00 PM (emWLT)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: whig at April 12, 2026 01:59 PM (E4rtv)
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Turkey will wear it like a skinsuit.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 02:02 PM (RIvkX)
I missed the part about where the electric motor received its energy. Solar plates? Batteries? Auxiliary diesel genset?
No mention of how energy was generated or stored.
Curious, No?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:03 PM (4qjYs)
Posted by: Diogenes
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This green machine is not a replacement for the Humvee. The replacement is a light tactical vehicle built by GM, of course, using the Chevrolet Colorado as the progenitor.
Except
It is powered by a blown 4 cylinder Duramax diesel engine that they sell in every country of the world except here.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 02:09 PM (4qjYs)
Instead of guns, we ought to be giving the Iranian citizens Bradleys
Posted by: M. Gaga at April 12, 2026 01:50 PM (KiBMU)
Nah. Airdrop a bunch of Gorilla Kits all over Teheran, Qom and Isfahan. Glock 19 with two extra mags, 100 rds of 9mm, concealment holster, 1 lb block of C4 with detonator kit (modern, miniature version of the dynamite detonators from Where Eagles Dare), 15 ft of det cord and a random back issue of Hustler or Penthouse. The whole thing fits into a tube the size of a Quaker Oats container. The pron mag is to entice men into moving heaven and earth to find the kits on the rooftops.
Trying to issue out and register guerilla warfare guns like it's California is a really stupid idea that could only come from a CIA Ivy League pinko. Pistols and a single block of C4 isn't enough ordnance to bring earth-shattering chaos into the region, but it's enough to give the Persian people a fighting chance against the mohammedan thugs. Plus, it's small enough to be hidden until needed.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 12, 2026 02:14 PM (JoTi8)
Want!!!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2026 01:56 PM (eiAiG)
If you had a flying car, why would you get into traffic in the first place?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 02:23 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Gref
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I'm still recovering from Ace's use of 'gobemouche'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2026 02:26 PM (XeU6L)
Sunk costs takes on a whole new meaning in this context.
Posted by: Quite literally. Or is that litorally? at April 12, 2026 02:37 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 02:53 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: No Justice for Iryna, No Peace for Charlotte Government at April 12, 2026 03:35 PM (2Qqm3)
Book Thread: 04/12/2026 [MP4]
(and no, not the song by the Coasters)
Arrival in India and varied experiences there. Gama arrives in India. Ludicrous mistake of the Portuguese when they see images of Hindoo deities. Gama makes a big bluff in talking to the Indian king and is treated with great contempt.”Now, doesn’t that make you want to find out just what Gama said and what happened to him? And as for Van Doren, he was a master storyteller; his view of Lincoln’s assassination and escape, told through Booth’s eyes, was just the sort of thing to appeal to a young child fascinated by history. But there was another thing, too. ‘There is no frigate like a book,’ Emily Dickinson wrote. That’s the power of a great book: it can lift you out of your own world and immerse you in another, whether it be the Shire, Wonderland or even a 1920s summer house in England. I keep returning to Discoverers and Lincoln because they transform me. I’m not the sour, unhappy man looking at the world through the bottom of a glass; I’m at Columbus’ side when he hears the glad cry of ‘Land!’ I’m shivering as I watch Booth climb to the Presidential box, derringer in hand. I am, for a moment, that child curled up in a chair eagerly turning pages. What about you? Did you have any books you loved, lost and found? Or ones that you’ve lost and never found again? What is it about some books (and tell me your faves) that makes them timeless?
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 09:00 AM (Ia/+0)
Yay mp4!
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 09:01 AM (LmPA0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:02 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:03 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 09:03 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:03 AM (qRla/)
Really enjoyed this. The basic premise is that 26 year old Maggie wakes up in the world of her favorite fantasy book series. She's a fantasy fan, she's very aware of the tropes, but she has no idea why she's there.
One annoying thing, and I am guessing Tor made them shoehorn this in, they have a very minor character appear who is basically intersex and when introduced, said he can be referred to as he/him. 🙄
However, joke's on Transmafia in Tor, as this type of nongender seems cleary inborn, and there was no concept of magically turning a man into a woman or vice versa, which in fantasy would be possible. In a fantasy world with rideable flying dinosaurs, a nongender birth defect is trivial, imo.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 09:03 AM (LmPA0)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 09:04 AM (NVRsf)
Posted by: dantesed at April 12, 2026 09:04 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 09:04 AM (LmPA0)
But now still reading Reasoned Examination of the Properties of the Three Arms Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery by Gen Nicolai Okunev. A Russian Napoleonic era officer.
A note his name is spelled many different ways
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 09:04 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 09:05 AM (q3u5l)
g'mornin' again, 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 12, 2026 09:05 AM (2/MrR)
The book weaves three stories - the search for the killers, Clarence Darrow's defense and DW Griffith's move to Hollywood. Very nicely written, if you like this sort of thing.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:06 AM (qRla/)
This week I've been finishing an Elmore Leonard, one of his last Westerns I think (1979, when he'd already shifted mostly to crime stories): Gunsights. Set in the late 1880s, it focuses on two men, Dana Moon and Bren Early, their partnership and friendship, and -- even when they are nominally on opposite sides in a land war -- they band together to stop a murderous gunman who is out to revenge himself on them. Solid stuff.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:06 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 09:06 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 09:06 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 09:07 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: PabloD at April 12, 2026 09:07 AM (8sD0/)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 09:08 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 09:08 AM (bXbFr)
Thanks for the Sunday Morning Book Thread, MP4!
You always ask great questions...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 12, 2026 09:08 AM (gnNyN)
Thanks, MP4. Now I will always be looking for The World's Discoverers.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 09:09 AM (h7ZuX)
I’m really starting to get a mancrush on James Angleton (no homo!). All the right people hated him. He is sometimes derided as “paranoid”, convinced there was a mole at CIA, but he wasn’t wrong. The question whether Nosenko was a double agent is interesting. He’s since been declared as a bona fide defector, but I tend to believe Angleton was right. They fired him, naturally.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2026 09:10 AM (P6llz)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 09:09 AM (h7ZuX)
You won't be sorry. It's also a good book for kids - a nice antidote to the slop fed them in 'social studies.'
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:11 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 09:11 AM (NVRsf)
Yes, the plot has holes you could ride Trigger through . . . but the narrative drive is amazing. It's a "closed mystery," in that you do not know the identity of the Ghost until the last chapter (as opposed to all those Cannon episodes where you watch the crime committed, and the suspense becomes how will Frank trap the criminal). Ghost fired up my youthful interest in the classic detective story, and is still readable for a grownup.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:11 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2026 09:11 AM (eiAiG)
Haven't seen any of those editions in a LONG time.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 09:12 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 09:12 AM (bXbFr)
Why did that book have such appeal? Because of the way they pulled off their stunts, using current (1960s) technology. A modern MSC would probably be all hackers, and I'd want them locked up. If not worse.
Posted by: Weak Geek at April 12, 2026 09:13 AM (ckmbv)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 09:13 AM (bXbFr)
If you're doing the Ike years, let me recommend K Blows Top by Peter Carlson, which looks (very humorously) at Khrushchev's 1959 tour of the US.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:13 AM (qRla/)
There's a great one he wrote to his son Michael about the differences between men and women, the purpose of marriage, the dangers of friendship between the sexes and the purpose of life that is about the most based thing imaginable.
Guy just dishes out truth with a shovel, and it's clear that while I kept the romance in his stories mostly off-camera, he did so not out of naivete but as part of the style, though in his unpublished works he goes into relationship dysfunction, which he probably saw plenty of throughout his life.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:13 AM (ZOv7s)
Digory Kirke and his new friend Polly sneak into his Uncle Andrew's locked study and discover some magic rings. Polly touches a red one and disappears, and Digory must follow with a green one if he is to rescue her. They are transported to a transit zone between worlds, and instead of returning home, they jump to a different world. When Digory rings a bell there in a ruined tower, he awakens Jadis, an evil witch. They try to escape home, but end up in a new world called Narnia.
This is an allegory of the Adam and Eve story; in this one Digory awakens evil and brings it into this new world. Along the way, foreshadowing of events to come are left for the reader that tie into the main series storyline. I especially like that a portion of a London street lamp is dropped on the ground in Narnia, and it grows into the lamp that Lucy finds in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 09:13 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 09:06 AM (1Ff7Z)
Indeed! I would not even try, so good on ya!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 09:13 AM (h7ZuX)
just in here quickly to thank whoever (sometime early last week) linked First Contact over at Royal Road ... lol, what fun reading! and what, 500 chapters? even if they are short.
okay, off to run errands, bbl ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 12, 2026 09:14 AM (MIIRH)
As a kid my favorite escapes were giant art and history books like "Discovery and Exploration", "The Ship", "Matthew Brady: Historian With a Camera", "Pictorial History of the World", and of course collections of Wyeth, Dylan, Rackham, and other greats of the golden age of illustration.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 09:14 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:14 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:14 AM (ZOv7s)
Currently on a hiatus from the Repairman Jack stories and reading The Touch, which is part of the Adversary Cycle that concludes with Nightworld.
I'll have more to say about my reading in next Sunday's Book Thread.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 12, 2026 09:15 AM (gnNyN)
The IRA is an important plot point in the new book, but I had been having trouble weaving them in without the reader guessing it chapters ahead of time. I've done that (mostly) and am now sketching out a scene where the lead LA investigator is dropping the case entirely, but Theda Bara decides to go on despite being warned off.
I'm getting so close to the end, though I have several chapters to go, that I wish I were able to go away for a week to some isolated cabin with no TV or internet so that I could finish the book in one long burst of writing.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:16 AM (qRla/)
That's how I'm feeling with "The IPCRESS File," the 1962 debut novel of the recently deceased Len Deighton. This introduced his "nameless spy," a British agent who went on to appear in four more books. Three of the books were adapted for movies that starred Michael Caine.
Our Hero is investigating the disappearances of several boffins. He relates the story in first-person past, tossing in contemporary references, and those are throwing me.
Dang, I just realized that this came out before the Profumo affair. That's the only name from that era that I recognize.
Posted by: Weak Geek at April 12, 2026 09:17 AM (ckmbv)
I reckon Insomniac should read it.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 09:17 AM (NVRsf)
I doubt the Soviets were stupid enough to try and whack JFK, but Castro certainly was crazy enough. And he had good reason, they we’re definitely trying to kill him, and said so.
“A cruel and shocking act” dives into the so-called “Warren Commission” members and staffers, and gets into the details of how and why Johnson, FBI and CIA both wanted all this stuff to go away.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2026 09:18 AM (P6llz)
I liked the Bantam books because I could imagine life as a tank commander or fighter pilot, which seemed a lot more meaningful and interesting than being moved all over the place due to parental divorces, remarriages, and career changes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:18 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 12, 2026 09:19 AM (NVRsf)
There's a name from the past. I wonder whatever happened to him?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:19 AM (qRla/)
Current book is The Spartans by Paul Cartledge, an examination of how Spartan society worked and why. Should be intriguing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:20 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 09:20 AM (78a2H)
IIRC, Castro was hot and horny to launch the missiles the Soviets had placed in Cuba, and Khrushchev had to forbid it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:21 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: dantesed at April 12, 2026 09:21 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 09:13 AM (0U5gm)
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I loved when a bag of toffees is dropped and a tree laden with juicy toffee fruits grows.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 09:22 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 12, 2026 09:22 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 09:22 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:23 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2026 09:24 AM (P6llz)
High adventure, I'm hoping!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:24 AM (wzUl9)
There's a name from the past. I wonder whatever happened to him?
Think he said that he was taking a break from the blog. This was over a year ago.
Posted by: Mons Veneris at April 12, 2026 09:24 AM (NcvvS)
From "The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned" by John Strausbaugh
Our Germans may have been better than their Germans, but the Russkies kept beating us to the punch, helped by their casual attitude about safety. Khrushchev heard we were sending up two men into space, so Mother Russia had to send up three! In the Voskhod I mission, three (short) cosmonauts were crammed into a capsule designed for one person. This was strictly a propaganda move to surpass the US Gemini program. The crew flew without spacesuits because there was no room for them. No spacesuits!
There were several incidents of the cosmonauts overshooting the landing mark by hundreds of kilometers due to "ballistic re-entry", landing in the woods (filled with hungry wolves and bears) or scarier still, in a frozen lake.
Thank goodness for helpful peasants.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 09:24 AM (kpS4V)
Pretty much only one. It's been discussed on these very book thread pages: Fun Fare.
A collection of older jokes and stories from the early 20th century collected by Reader's Digest mid-century. Found people and writers I'd never heard of before. Grandparents had a copy and it disappeared decades ago. A neighbor was getting rid of all her books in preparation for a move and she let me go through them. Imagine my joy when I found she had a copy. Picked some other books, but that one was the most important to me.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 09:24 AM (1Ff7Z)
Za zdorovye!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 09:24 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 09:24 AM (q3u5l)
Great sprint outfit featured here. Very 1920s looking, yet timeless.
One of my favorite books was Charlotte's Web. Must have read that book too many times to count. It was a regular feature in my stack of library books.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 12, 2026 09:24 AM (vrNzf)
My most loved book at an early age was Richard Halliburton’s Book of Marvels (1937). He was an early travel adventurer, in that book he visited the sites of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World and visited the sites of each one. Alas, only the great Pyramid still exists. He also journeyed into places like Petra, with photos, long before anyone else in the west knew they existed. He had a wonderful breezy writing style, very informative yet conversational, and died mysteriously on an adventure near China in 1939.
I read that book over and over, dreaming of the past and also of what it would be to travel there now, as he did.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2026 09:25 AM (tgZLi)
I'm going to have to stop you right there. A book makes a terrible watercraft. Sure, it's made of wood, but it gets all soggy, and then the pages start to fall out. Furthermore, it's way too small to support you, never mind any cargo or cannons. Think of its tiny displacement. There are much better choices.
Posted by: Archimedes, taking things way too literally at April 12, 2026 09:25 AM (Riz8t)
The first is a look into the legend and reality of Elisabeth Bathory: specifically, was she really a crazed killer who tortured and murdered over 600 women and girls or was it all a political frame-up?
The second is what it says - a look at London from 1812-1870 through Dickens' writing. This might be one I'll offer up to the Horde when I am finished.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:25 AM (qRla/)
A bit late to the thread this morning. The coffee maker (me) was moving a bit slow.
Posted by: JTB at April 12, 2026 09:26 AM (yTvNw)
Is that the Peninsular War during the Napoleonic Era? The setting for a Richard Sharpe novel? Yes. But it's also a major theater in The War of Spanish Succession from 1701-1715 (ish). Obviously the names of the generals were different, but there were a few places that saw major battle in both wars.
Infuriatingly, the English made it to Madrid twice during the WoSS, but failed both times to unseat the King. The grandson of Louis XIV was a much more popular King than the brother of Napoleon, and both the Spanish people and nobles kept rallying back to support him.
Posted by: Castle Guy at April 12, 2026 09:26 AM (Lhaco)
Still holds up surprisingly well, reading them as an adult.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 12, 2026 09:26 AM (gnNyN)
Remember reading Up Periscope around age ten. Saw the James Garner movie adaptation and, while Garner was perfect in the lead, the changes were just wrong.
Posted by: Mons Veneris at April 12, 2026 09:27 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 09:27 AM (NcvvS)
Hence all the (urban legend?) stories about cosmonauts being lost in space, orbiting endlessly around the planet.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:28 AM (qRla/)
There was so much knowledge of old ways that people tried to recover and save in the 60s and 70s. Yet here we are, with young homesteaders throwing it away for Instragram influencers. It's a shame.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 12, 2026 09:28 AM (gQ15S)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 12, 2026 09:28 AM (lZt8q)
Progress is also slow because I haven't done any fiction since The Vampires of Michigan, way back in 2019. Very rusty. I used to count a successful session as at least 1,000 words, but I'm lucky to get 500 in right now.
Still, I seem to be picking up speed, though I deliberately did not even try to write tomorrow. Sometimes one needs a pause for the brain to do its work.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)
I have that!
If you like that sort of thing, look for a copy of Bennett Cerf's Bumper Crop, which is an omnibus collection of several of his joke books.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:29 AM (qRla/)
Irritating are the books lent and never returned. Lost 2 copies of The Straight Dope that way, and 1 of The Book of Stupid Questions - which was much funnier than it should have been.
Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2026 09:31 AM (P6llz)
Posted by: Castle Guy at April 12, 2026 09:31 AM (Lhaco)
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If you liked that, you may enjoy Knights of the Sea. It is the story of the battle between the HMS Boxer and the Enterprise in the war of 1813. It covers the lead up to the war as well as the battle, and was a turning point in the prestige of the fledgling US navy.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 09:31 AM (0U5gm)
It was like the movie version of McCarthy's The Group, or the book of Faulkner's Sanctuary: All the characters had some unspoken, central assumption they shared, never talked about or explained, but acted on in their various ways. I was lost.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:31 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 09:32 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 09:32 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 09:13 AM (h7ZuX)
It's not even so much the writing of it - although there are times you have figure out where you're going with the story - but, as an Indie author, you have to make all the decisions as to everything involved in getting it into print. So many things to keep track of, and once you notice you did something wrong....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 09:33 AM (1Ff7Z)
There's a name from the past. I wonder whatever happened to him?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:19 AM (qRla/)
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I'm in touch with him. He's okay. He lurks from time to time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:33 AM (ZOv7s)
I give myself a goal of at least one handwritten page a day. If I go over, that's fine, but I need to have one page.
Still, I seem to be picking up speed, though I deliberately did not even try to write tomorrow. Sometimes one needs a pause for the brain to do its work.
I know that feeling. I had to stop editing the other day because I was forcing myself to go on and my mind was locked down.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:33 AM (qRla/)
Walked by the TV my wife watches to see NBC'c Kristen Welker fellating Cuban Prez Diaz.
Throwing nerf ball questions and smiling rapturously.
Find someone who loves you this much.
Posted by: Auspex at April 12, 2026 09:33 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 09:34 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: epador at April 12, 2026 09:34 AM (Xm3XH)
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Run Silent, Run Deep?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:34 AM (wzUl9)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1074
Posted by: 13times at April 12, 2026 09:34 AM (uB2D/)
I did a long day with my own books for sale at Folkfest yesterday, on the grounds of the Heritage Village in New Braunfels. I was part of the children's scavenger hunt as "The Author" - with other stops for kids at the broom-making, woodcraft, tatting-lace, classic yard games, sausage-stuffing, and German-language stops. (Collect a check on the list for taking a lesson, practicing a craft, or listening to a talk about books - complete the round and get a souvenir pin or a candy)
Most of the kids were enthralled with my own novel series about a pioneer family in the wild west, and their parents were thrilled to hear that I had modeled the Kettering Family series after the Little House books. There was a very real concern about what their kids are reading now.
Posted by: Sgt. Mom at April 12, 2026 09:35 AM (Ew3fm)
I have all the Straight Dope books. IMO, only the first one is worth having. The last two were filled out with excerpts from the "Straight Dope Message Board," which was very irritating. The first one catches the spirit of "Cecil Adams" better than any of the others.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:36 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2026 09:18 AM (P6llz)
Johnson wanted his job, and Onassis wanted his wife.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 09:37 AM (1Ff7Z)
Glad to hear Insomniac's OK. He was my brother in depression. Let him know I said hello.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:38 AM (qRla/)
Seems to me that was the hight of Communism, everything kind of rotted to the core and it showed.
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 09:38 AM (Ia/+0)
Granted, I no longer have my childhood collection of Pern, Redwall, or Jim Kjellgard novels, but those were sold/given away when I left for college (or before), and I never forgot them and I know just what they ware if I ever choose to revisit them...
...I guess I did spend a lot of time with an atlas-book as child, and I'm sure that's been lost to time. But I don't have any burning desire to find that particular (now horribly-out-of-date) publication.
Posted by: Castle Guy at April 12, 2026 09:38 AM (Lhaco)
But at the prompting of some here on this illustrious literary book thread and Smart Military Blog™ I decided to stick my toe into unknown waters with "Passenger To Frankfurt" via audiobook.
I guess it's an acquired taste. I've stuck it out until about the 3/4 mark and do plan to finish. But I've found much of it tedious and tiresome. So much fluffy filler and British idiosyncrasies. Perhaps she writes for a female audience, and it has its place like Harlequin romances, Hallmark movies and Downton Abbey.
But no, I shant consume another. I simply shannot.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)
Wish I could find a hard copy of this.
Posted by: Buzzy Krumhunger at April 12, 2026 09:38 AM (Fwvoq)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 09:39 AM (1Ff7Z)
And I remember all the stuff on the racks that I ignored for a decade or more because I was reading only sf. Singer, Simenon, William Goldman, Irwin Shaw, Don Robertson, Westlake, MacDonald (Ross and John D.), and a bunch more. Annoying.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 09:39 AM (q3u5l)
- Treasure Island - I've mentioned many times about how it influenced me and that young wonder has never gone away.
- Hound of the Baskervilles - First read it in 4th grade and, as it happens, on a dark stormy night. I still prefer to read it during a thunder storm.
- LOTR - Even after six decades I can still feel some of the excitement of that first reading where every new page promised wonder and excitement.
There are many others, of course, but those are the big three.
Posted by: JTB at April 12, 2026 09:40 AM (yTvNw)
That reminds me of something that always attracted me to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - the way Carroll spelled "shan't" as "sha'n't." That Victorian quirk has stayed with me.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:41 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Sgt. Mom at April 12, 2026 09:41 AM (Ew3fm)
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Hindsight is 20/20, but this is a great example of why the Space Race, to me, was a key indicator of the USSR's core weakness, and should have made it obvious to us that something was very, very wrong behind the facade.
That's exemplary of Soviet psychology - "whatever they do in space, we must do bigger and better, period! Even if it kills our best and brightest!"
And yet, once we launched the Apollo program, they made some efforts to launch unmanned probes beyond LEO, and then... just gave up. Never sent a man into "real space," even as a desultory status signal.
If they didn't pursue their premier propaganda goal, which was also directly tied to their absolutely crucial military deterrence, it wasn't from lack of desire, or because we'd already beaten them to the proximate goal - they lacked the wherewithal.
I like to think if I'd been a leader then, I'd have turned to the others and said "guys, I think they've been having us on. I think they're full of shit. They don't really have what it takes to play in our league."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 12, 2026 09:41 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)
I've read one Agatha Christie, a couple of years ago, and I don't even remember what it was. Not a fan.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 09:42 AM (h7ZuX)
_-_
I just dug that book out for my wife yesterday afternoon. She remembered that it had useful instruction on sprouting broccoli, which she was about to do. We have a whole section of that type of book, but I am embarrassed to say there was a big chair in front of that section of books. Not a big house for a big family, and many of our walls are bookcase-covered.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 09:42 AM (2TPZH)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:33 AM (qRla/)
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Fiction is just so different from non-fiction in how one approaches writing, and that is what is throwing me off. With non-fiction, you do the research, lots of it, make notes, build your outline, figure out how the information fits together and then it's off to the races. Long Live Men shattered every record I had for speed with ease. I think I wrote the first draft in three weeks, which is nuts. Now editing was a serious pain, but that's history for ya.
You can force nonfiction, but can't really do it with a novel. (I've tried, and result is always slop that I end up deleting.)
I find a quick walk helps, so the weather improving will facilitate this. That's also going to cause me to switch from whiskey to gin, and the original book was in fact fueled by gin, so that's appropriate.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:42 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 09:43 AM (bXbFr)
That's not how you talk to Spaniards, kings or otherwise. I expect one reason the nobles and peasants rallied to Phillip, even if he was a Bourbon, was that he was willing to fight. Back in those days, anyway, they preferred to go down swinging.
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 09:43 AM (78a2H)
I guess it's an acquired taste. I've stuck it out until about the 3/4 mark and do plan to finish. But I've found much of it tedious and tiresome. So much fluffy filler and British idiosyncrasies. Perhaps she writes for a female audience, and it has its place like Harlequin romances, Hallmark movies and Downton Abbey.
But no, I shant consume another. I simply shannot.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026
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You can blame me. I mentioned PtF a couple of weeks ago. It's a spy story, an international conspiracy story -- very different from her usual puzzle mysteries. If you're still willing to try again, look for any of the ones with Miss Marple as the detective, or Hercule Poirot.
Ellery Queen was a far better plot builder and mystery dazzler. He/they have been almost forgotten except for the magazine, while you can still find Christie's stuff in print.
She was better at characterization than I thought when I was younger , though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9)
Started the Bound and Broken fantasy series recommended by Linduh last week. First part of the first book felt like a retread of Wheel of Time and Eragon, but by the end of it stuff was happening that I hadn't expected. I just started the second novel last night, so no opinion on that yet.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 12, 2026 09:44 AM (lFFaq)
I believe parts of the story stem from a fantasy of what he wished he could have done.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2026 09:44 AM (tgZLi)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:38 AM (qRla/)
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I will.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Who Knew at April 12, 2026 09:44 AM (0QMbS)
Posted by: Weak Geek at April 12, 2026 09:44 AM (ckmbv)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 09:45 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 09:20 AM (78a2H)
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Reading them to grandkids is a hoot.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:45 AM (ZOv7s)
#BeBetter
Posted by: Bob from NSA at April 12, 2026 09:45 AM (0sNs1)
The plot was that Solomon Kane (a puritan swordsman of the early 1600's) encounters a Welsh fold-tale that has come true, but turned out evil. The adventure aspect is okay, but the author has a few ticks that would send up red flags. He seemed to have a very modern take on backstories, and what makes characters tick. This felt only slight odd in this story (like a Welshmen needing an explanation of what a Puritan was/felt/believed) but I could easily see this completely ruining a longer/more character-focused story.
Posted by: Castle Guy at April 12, 2026 09:46 AM (Lhaco)
Why did that book have such appeal? Because of the way they pulled off their stunts, using current (1960s) technology. A modern MSC would probably be all hackers, and I'd want them locked up. If not worse.
I loved the Mad Scientists as a kid. Back when boys could be boys and society didn't medicate them.
Posted by: Weak Geek at April 12, 2026 09:13 AM (ckmbv
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2026 09:46 AM (eiAiG)
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Run Silent, Run Deep?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
I keep looking in vain. It may have been Sink 'Em All.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 09:46 AM (0U5gm)
I've read one Agatha Christie, a couple of years ago, and I don't even remember what it was. Not a fan.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026
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Ellery Queen, as I said, and John Dickson Carr were far better at constructing puzzles and providing baffling clues. They've been forgotten by all but true mystery fans, while Christie's work keeps getting filmed and reprinted.
The novels she wrote as "Mary Westmacott" are not Harlequin-type romances; they are real dramas. Look for those.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 12, 2026 09:47 AM (eiAiG)
The cover of that book at the top looks very familiar. If so, I'm remembering it as a library book I read maybe 1960. Don't ask what I had for lunch yesterday but some book covers have stayed in mind for over sixty years.
BTW, The World's Discoverers has been republished at least twice in the last 20 years and they aren't cheap.
Posted by: JTB at April 12, 2026 09:47 AM (yTvNw)
Maybe another not so.long missing is V. Clauswitz On War, owned it when around 20yo but no idea what happened to it.
I have History of 2nd World War periodicals from when I started collecting at 13yo still.
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 09:48 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Bob from NSA at April 12, 2026 09:45 AM (0sNs1)
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What about sweatpants?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Berwyn Mutt - Home of Svengoolie at April 12, 2026 09:49 AM (HcbZb)
Posted by: Who Knew at April 12, 2026
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I really like Maugham's work. Bondage is okay, though I love the portrait of Mildred, the sociopathic waitress. But his The Razor's Edge, The Moon and Sixpence, and Cakes and Ale are very good, and he wrote some solid short stories like "The Letter" and "Rain." He'd been a playwright before turning to serious novels -- so he knew how to construct a story.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)
"Passenger to Frankfurt" is not representative of Agatha Christie's work. Like several other books written later in her life, it's murky and very repetitive. It's also one of her attempts at thrillers which, most Christie fans acknowledge, are not very good.
A better choice for a first Christie would be "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd," the book that really put her on the map.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at April 12, 2026 09:50 AM (FEVMW)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 09:43 AM (bXbFr)
Although this more properly belongs in a movie thread, the Mask of Dimitrios is a marvelous film to look up, one that I think few remember now. A Sidney Greenstreet/Peter Lorre masterpiece.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2026 09:50 AM (tgZLi)
https://tinyurl.com/3avkww2x
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1)
Really enjoyed this. The basic premise is that 26 year old Maggie wakes up in the world of her favorite fantasy book series. She's a fantasy fan, she's very aware of the tropes, but she has no idea why she's there.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 09:03 AM (LmPA0)
Knowing about anime has ruined me. I read that and immediately thought 'oh, she got isekie-ed.' But I suppose that is quicker than thinking 'oh, she got a-Connecticut-Yankee-in-King-Arthur's-court-ed.' Although 'she got Wizard-of-Oz-ed' also rolls off the tongue fairly quickly...
Posted by: Castle Guy at April 12, 2026 09:50 AM (Lhaco)
Posted by: dantesed at April 12, 2026 09:50 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: JTB at April 12, 2026 09:47 AM (yTvNw)
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Fortunately, it's in the public domain, so there are alternatives...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 12, 2026 09:50 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)
I've read one Agatha Christie, a couple of years ago, and I don't even remember what it was. Not a fan.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
Maybe give Dorothy Sayers' mysteries with Peter Wimsey a try.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 09:51 AM (0U5gm)
The Laura Ingalls Wilder series was required reading. And I loved the Garth Williams illustrations. He also illustrated "The Gingerbread Rabbit" and Margery Sharpe's wonderful Miss Bianca series. Truly one of the greats.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 09:51 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:29 AM (qRla/)
Definitely like that sort of thing. If anyone ever asked me to do a book thread, I'd fill it with Bennett Cerf! He wrote at least one children's book himself that we had, and I've read some of his other stuff. YT has the Bennett Cerf Archives that has a lot of videos of interviews with him.
He may have been a liberal type, but he gets points for publishing Rand to the horror of his friends.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 09:51 AM (1Ff7Z)
I believe parts of the story stem from a fantasy of what he wished he could have done.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2026
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I'm going to look for that one. My copy of The Screwtape Letters, annotated, is still waiting for me to dip into it, too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:52 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 09:52 AM (2TPZH)
McTeague: A Story of San Francisco by Frank Norris. From 1899, it's the story of McTeague (we never learn his first name), a SF dentist who marries his best friend's cousin and how the marriage ends in poverty and violence as a result of greed, jealousy and anger. Erich von Stroheim adapted it into his butchered masterpiece movie Greed in 1924.*
It's not a happy read, though there are funny and touching moments in it, but if you like Conrad, London or other writers of the era, you might like Norris.
*I might set a Theda Bara novel during the filming, perhaps, some day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:52 AM (qRla/)
"The Phantom Brakeman and Other Railroad Stories" by Freeman Hubbard. Being enamored with all things trains, I read this book till it fell apart.
"The Sea Chest: Stories of Adventure at Sea" by Frank Knight. A mix of sea stories of the past and present, featuring young midshipmen and officers in a variety of perils and situations. Another one I read and re-read many times.
Posted by: George V at April 12, 2026 09:52 AM (HUbHH)
Not sure why I never got around to replacing the first one; have 3 of the others and haven't re-read them in a long time - probably for the same reason as you.
Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 09:53 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: P. J. Ama at April 12, 2026 09:54 AM (2TPZH)
At her peak she had a perfect understanding of how mystery story readers approached a mystery story, and she ruthlessly exploited their assumptions and expectations. Sayers's mysteries are better novels, but Christie was the queen of beating the reader at the "figure it out" game.
Meanwhile Raymond Chandler thought the whole genre was ridiculous, and said so.
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 09:54 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026
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They were contemporary with Christie. Strong Poison is quite good, and her first, Whose Body? Sayers tried hard to infuse elements of the "real" novel with the detective story, and sometimes it worked.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)
The Russians still use the R-7 booster as a Soyuz launcher, almost the same as Yuri's Vostok, a military ICBM in origin.
When Korolev died the whole program went to shit.
It was always propaganda.
Posted by: Auspex at April 12, 2026 09:54 AM (Y8DZL)
https://tinyurl.com/3avkww2x
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1)
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The irony is that Vice President Nixon and Kruschev had a very similar encounter called the Kitchen Debate years prior to that in 1959. But that is somehow lost to history.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 09:55 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:33 AM (qRla/)
I know a good editor - and Wolfus can back me up on it - if any horde writers need a pro. She's not very expensive either.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 09:56 AM (1Ff7Z)
A Traveller in Romance gathers a bunch of uncollected writings, one of which was a piece he wrote on turning 90 and deciding that he was done with everything. He notes that he has written everything that was in him to write and put aside his pen. He closes:
"And so, when my obituary notice at last appears in The Times and they say: 'What! I thought he died years ago', my ghost will gently chuckle."
Gotta admit, I like that guy.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 09:57 AM (q3u5l)
Don't know where you could find it, but I would recommend 1980s Fifty True Mysteries of The Sea, edited by John Canning. I get seasick flushing a toilet, but I do love to read about lost ships.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:58 AM (qRla/)
Two young kids who happen to live in Gettysburg provide an account of those three days through their innocent eyes. They just happen to run into some of the famous characters from the battle, like RE Lee
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 12, 2026 09:58 AM (xT8gx)
Thanks for responding to my call for help with Sarah last week!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 09:59 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 12, 2026 09:44 AM (lFFaq)
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One of the guys in my unit read it and when asked, his review was simply: "Lloyd fixed Star Wars."
The plot summary was written over a single weekend, around 20,000 words. I'd been thinking about it for years, and when my wife convinced me to write it in a slightly different setting, it all came out at once.
Of course, that got modified a lot in the years that came after, and I waited until the last book's draft was finished before publishing the first book. I didn't want to run out of gas and leave people hanging like some authors.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 09:59 AM (ZOv7s)
He also has surprising bits of humor here and there, as when he describes his Chestertonian detective, Dr.Fell, who walks with two canes, as standing and "swaying like a tethered elephant."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:00 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 09:54 AM (78a2H)
Well, yeah...because what reader would actually figure out that the killer rigged a shotgun with a string through a hole in the window, that he then pulled from outside, making it appear that a man shot himself in a locked room?
It was so preposterous that I couldn't pick up another. Life is short.
I do have a Lord Peter Wimsey in one of my bedside stacks. One day...
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 10:01 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1)
Still holds up surprisingly well, reading them as an adult.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 12, 2026 09:26 AM (gnNyN)
Never read those as a kid, but I knew of them because of The Black Caldron movie (infamous at the time as the only Disney animated movie to have never (yet) been released from the vault). Read the series ten-ish years ago. I was shocked at how book-accurate movie-Gurgi was. And I wished more of the movie was book-accurate. Like making Gurgi develop into a ranger/archer, including a giant war-cat into the crew...
Posted by: Castle Guy at April 12, 2026 10:02 AM (Lhaco)
There were a bunch of 'We Were There' books. Remember reading the Normandy invasion & the Battle of the Bulge ones from 4th-5th grade, or thereabouts.
Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 10:02 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 10:03 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
I think one of the keys to a successful book series is to have idiosyncracies in the recurring characters. Most of those we keep mentioning feature this. It lends a familiarity to the readers without impeding the plots.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 10:04 AM (0U5gm)
The unexpected tangents include a desire to read one of Voltaire's histories. Charles of Sweden or Peter of Russia??
Surprisingly I don't believe any English translations in over 100 years, but Project Gutenberg has both.
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at April 12, 2026 10:04 AM (KaHlS)
"Higgledy-piggledy, my white hen,
She lays eggs for gentlemen."
Maugham said, "I've always liked those lines." Dottie gave a thin cool smile and added, "You cannot persuade her with gun or lariat/ To come across for the proletariat."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:04 AM (wzUl9)
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A book I remembered parts of as a kid, then hunted down as an adult: Vance's Marune: Alastor 933.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 10:05 AM (fE6HJ)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 10:04 AM (0U5gm)
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That goes for both heroes and villains.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 12, 2026 10:05 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 09:24 AM (kpS4V)
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The same dynamic is in play with China. People look at stuff like ship production, missile inventories, claimed test results but don't understand that it's all for show. Xi says "Built a ship every month," and so they do, but they use garbage materials and cut corners.
Training is all about marching and looking competent, not actually performing in battlefield conditions. It's telling that when China sent a frigate and a cutter against a Filipino motorboat, they came out on the losing side.
And of course all the fancy hypersonic missiles they sold Iran have yet to scratch the paint of a single US warship.
The conclusion of Walls of Men just keeps looking better and better.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 10:05 AM (ZOv7s)
However, the book is a struggle. I want to race through it getting to each new page. But I also want to reflect on the writing, on many levels, and make notes on the ideas Shaw is generating. It's a delicious but annoying dilemma.
Posted by: JTB at April 12, 2026 10:06 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 12, 2026 10:05 AM (gnNyN)
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It helps if you use real people as the model. That's why I always say "write what you know," because that's how the best one did it. Go out and live, THEN write.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 10:07 AM (ZOv7s)
Fun book.
Somerset Maugham was seated next to Dorothy Parker at a dinner party"
Not at the Somerset Maugham suite?
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Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 10:07 AM (XuXeR)
It would take me most of the day to track it down, but I believe a variation of that was an actual crime in late 19th or early 20th century America (NYC, if my memory serves). I'll have to look around my shelves this week and see if I can find it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 10:07 AM (qRla/)
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Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 10:07 AM (fE6HJ)
It was so preposterous that I couldn't pick up another. Life is short.
I do have a Lord Peter Wimsey in one of my bedside stacks. One day...
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026
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It's supposed to be somewhat preposterous -- a grand game between reader and writer, not "realistic." Carr the locked-room champ himself, when he was critiquing books, mentioned that. "For me to complain about unrealistic elements in someone else's book is like St. Vitus complaining about the Twist."
Chandler and Hammett and their disciples, those are the "realistic" guys.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:08 AM (wzUl9)
That's a parade army, not a fighting army. For the past several centuries the only enemies the Chinese army has managed to defeat has been Chinese civilians.
I'm not saying we shouldn't take them seriously as a rival, but there's a lot of ridiculous doomer talk which reminds me very strongly of how we were told the Soviets were invincible back in 1982. In many cases it's the same people saying it, too.
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 10:08 AM (78a2H)
Read it many times as a youngster.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1)
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People of a certain age will recall when The Education of Little Tree was all the rage.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 10:09 AM (ZOv7s)
Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 10:09 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Who Knew at April 12, 2026 10:09 AM (0QMbS)
Posted by: Just the punchline at April 12, 2026 10:09 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 10:10 AM (2TPZH)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 10:11 AM (Fbc0I)
This. "Japan Inc. will crush us", "beware the Emerald Tiger" (yeah, Ireland was gonna be it), "the EU will dominate world trade"
How did those work out again?
Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 10:11 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:08 AM (wzUl9)
I get that; I just don't enjoy it much.
I am much more a fan of more realistic detective fiction.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 10:12 AM (h7ZuX)
That's a parade army, not a fighting army. For the past several centuries the only enemies the Chinese army has managed to defeat has been Chinese civilians.
I'm not saying we shouldn't take them seriously as a rival, but there's a lot of ridiculous doomer talk which reminds me very strongly of how we were told the Soviets were invincible back in 1982. In many cases it's the same people saying it, too.
Posted by: Trimegistus
And for the same reasons. My view is that they wear gloves so as not to cause rust on the pot metal weapons.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 10:13 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius"
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Speaking of that, I have a shiny new grandson whose first name is Dashiell.
Kinda badass.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 10:13 AM (2Ez/1)
See the bodies with heads chopped off and fastened to signposts, to form a kind of "T," in The Egyptian Cross Mystery. Or the body found with all its clothing reversed (well, not the shoes) and all the furnishings in the room reversed as well, in Chinese Orange.
And their early books moved out of the Christie library to a Broadway theater, a department store, a hospital, and an indoor rodeo in Manhattan. Suspects by the carload!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:14 AM (wzUl9)
I am sure it is a straightforward account of the explorers, and is not laced with Western civilization guilt.
Continuing to read Ron Chernow's excellent biography on U.S. Grant, as recommended by a few of the readers here.
Posted by: Joemarine at April 12, 2026 10:14 AM (y171U)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 10:14 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 10:14 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 10:08 AM (78a2H)
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Netizens in China are a great source of inside information. After the big WW II parade in September, they filmed the troops going home on the trains and they all had sunburns or tan lines. In China. In September.
Did they practice indoors? Some folks threw shade at our US Army anniversary parade, but those were actual troops, not a drill team (the actual Old Guard guys are awesome, because that's what they do).
Oh, and one of their new nuclear submarines sank at the dock and its reactor melted down. We know because we caught it on a satellite picture and the radiation plume showed up in the South China Sea. Top men.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 10:15 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 10:12 AM*
Hello, sweetheart.
Posted by: Yours truly, Johnny Dollar at April 12, 2026 10:16 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:16 AM (wzUl9)
Project Gutenberg. Standard Ebooks is another source.
"The truth is, of course, that Aesop's Fables are not Aesop's fables, any more than Grimm's Fairy Tales were ever Grimm's fairy tales. But the fable and the fairy tale are things utterly distinct. There are many elements of difference; but the plainest is plain enough. There can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them." - G. K. Chesterton
Posted by: 13times at April 12, 2026 10:17 AM (uB2D/)
That's not surprising since Sayers herself worked at an ad agency for several years. She's credited with some of the most enduring Guinness campaigns and reputedly created the Guinness toucan.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at April 12, 2026 10:17 AM (FEVMW)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 12, 2026 10:17 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026 10:17 AM (0U5gm)
Hey, MP4, maybe think about subbing for Piper some evening?😏😏
Hello and happy Bookday, everydobby.
Posted by: mindful webworker - here we are as a species with bright shining... um... at April 12, 2026 10:17 AM (C2uPD)
Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 10:11 AM (XuXeR)
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Though the conclusion was flawed, Paul Kennedy's The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers was a really good book. His summary of global politics from 1500 into the 20th Century was masterful. Really fired my imagination.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)
Kinda badass.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 10:13 AM (2Ez/1)
I love that! There won't be a dozen of those in his class full of Graysons, Wyatts, and Jaxxs.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 12, 2026 10:18 AM (h7ZuX)
after four I'm under my host.
Posted by: Just the punchline at April 12, 2026
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Part of the reason Dottie is still read and still in print today.
Many of her short stories are incomparable, too -- the kind of thing Hemingway and Lardner did, but always with her trademark cynicism.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:19 AM (wzUl9)
I think I definitely like his "Final Architecture" trilogy much more. YMMV, of course.
Hey, Book Nerdz!!
Posted by: Sharkman at April 12, 2026 10:19 AM (/RHNq)
One of her's, Victory on Janus, was the first SF I remember reading (7th grade), but there's a story I saw a lot earlier (2nd grade, I think) set in kind of a post-apocalyptic Quebec. Pretty sure it was originally in French (realised this a lot later) because I caught references to Mount Royal and I thought it was silly to change the name.
Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 10:20 AM (NcvvS)
This feels a bit like a little kid the week before Christmas: impatience and anticipation.
Posted by: JTB at April 12, 2026 10:23 AM (yTvNw)
Hence all the (urban legend?) stories about cosmonauts being lost in space, orbiting endlessly around the planet.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 09:28 AM (qRla/)
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I think of the Cold War space programs as forms of military campaigns - military (or former) officers, both programs evolved from ballistic missile research. Flag-planting on the lunar surface.
Add to that each country's military philosophies and doctrines, and for me, how things panned out was a simple progression from the moment the last German soldat marched into a POW pen.
Posted by: mrp at April 12, 2026 10:25 AM (rj6Yv)
Intelligence was scant on what they were up to. There was no way to know, for sure. The “missile gap” turned out to be nonsense - but they didn’t know at the time. And politicians who knew better, didn’t fail to paint Republicans as weak and in effectual against the Red Menace. That’s why the U-2 and later, satellites loomed large.
When Sputnik launched, American scientists thought somebody dropped a decimal in the translation. 18.4 pounds maybe. 184 pounds? Uh-oh. That means they have heavy lift capability.
Maybe they can’t make toasters or washing machines, but they can make rockets that could drop nukes on the USA. America hadn’t felt so vulnerable to attack since 1812
Posted by: Common Tater at April 12, 2026 10:25 AM (o55mS)
I'm here... Finished all 4 books and am now starting Silmarillion
Posted by: It's me donna at April 12, 2026 10:26 AM (YFxAC)
The Mad Scientists Club and The Three Investigators were my childhood favorites. Those kids did things!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 12, 2026 10:26 AM (7zz0n)
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Speaking of three intertwined story, over Easter weekend PBS (first clue) had a new interpretation of the passion that was, get this, heretical. The basic theory is that Jesus, Herod, and Tiberius' right hand man Sejanus were jockeying for power. But then Sejanus fell from power and Jesus became a liability to Herod so whereas he had earlier ignored Jesus attacking the money changers, now he is a threat. Pirate also feared Tiberius' revenge on Sejanus' friends so plays along. Also, Jesus didn't enter Jerusalem on Palm Sunday but six months earlier and was imprisoned for that time as Herod and Pilate waited to see how the Sejanus debacle fell out.
It was interesting but reduces Jesus and religion itself to mere political skulduggery. I was disappointed by the Naked Archaeologist, Simcha Jacobovici, whom I always liked, participation in this and he has written a book explaining this theory.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 10:10 AM (2TPZH)
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A must read. Does your copy include George's service in Burma with Merrill's Marauders?
Posted by: mrp at April 12, 2026 10:28 AM (rj6Yv)
Hey, Book Nerdz!!
Posted by: Sharkman at April 12, 2026 10:19 AM (/RHNq)
Children of Ruin is my favorite. All of his 'series' books explore how we communicate with alien intelligences and the attendant pitfalls.
Posted by: 13times at April 12, 2026 10:28 AM (uB2D/)
Robert Silverberg did a collection of stories called First Person Singular, spinning off Maugham's Six Stories in the First Person Singular, and he discussed some of Maugham's techniques in the intro to that collection. Worth a look.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 10:28 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:31 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 12, 2026 10:33 AM (qFwJc)
the backstory is about the supposed mole in MI 5, Roger Hollis, who had dodgy ties,
Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 10:33 AM (bXbFr)
And for a Napoleonic era buff, I am not a Francophile
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 10:34 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 10:35 AM (bXbFr)
I'm here... Finished all 4 books and am now starting Silmarillion
Posted by: It's me donna at April 12, 2026 10:26 AM (YFxAC)
That's been sitting on my shelf for ages, unread. (Shame on me. How can call myself a nerd?) Since I just finished my current prose read, which was a history book...The Silmarillion should probably jump to the top of my reading list.
Posted by: Castle Guy at April 12, 2026 10:35 AM (Lhaco)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026
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It doesn't really fit as far as timeline. Jesus was probably born in what we call 4 BC, so he'd have been 33 in AD 29; and Sejanus did not fall from power and die until AD 31. But I gotta admit, the theory is ingenious.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:36 AM (wzUl9)
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Don't know how much, there is a brief mention later in the book (only read to page 52 so far). Good writer, though, so I will seek that out. Thanks for the tip.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 10:36 AM (2TPZH)
that is the draw of a drawing room mystery, that was satirized in the movie clue,
Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 10:36 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 10:38 AM (bXbFr)
That points up a really key element of the Soviet space program, and a lot of Communist projects in general: the focus is entirely on doing a thing so you can brag about having done the thing. Nobody seems to ask "what can we do with this thing now?"
Imagine if they'd been the first ones to build weather satellites, so that people all over the world would look to Glorious Russia for warnings of hurricanes and such. Or if they -- as Clarke even warned us about! -- had built the first comsats, giving them a way to Sovietize global culture.
Nope. They put the trophy in the case and that was that.
The most astonishing example is Gagarin bailing out of his Vostok capsule because they hadn't developed a landing system -- and then the Soviet state kept that a secret for 40 years because they were afraid it might not qualify for the official record books!
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 10:38 AM (78a2H)
https://tinyurl.com/4n7de47c
JOU: James O'Keefe Undercover 😆
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 10:39 AM (kpS4V)
Read Asquith, by Roy Jenkins, a biography of H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister of Britain between 1906 and 1916.
We think of Edwardian Britain as palaces. idyllic garden parties and discrete adultery. But the country was in ferment. Labor turmoil, women's suffrage (quite violent), naval rearmament, budgets, conflicts with the House of Lords, Ireland and, ridiculously, Welsh disestablishment caused great difficulty for the ruling Liberals.
Asquith's prewar strengths - solidity, patience and a willingness to wait events out - served him well in this time. At war, these became weaknesses. He was pushed first into coalition government then out of office altogether. Neither he nor the Liberal Party ever recovered.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 10:39 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at April 12, 2026 10:40 AM (riU3n)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 12, 2026
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The Queen cousins prided themselves on always providing all the clues. (Didn't mean they didn't conceal them in some fashion, putting up blinds so you didn't realize they *were* clues.) The logic of the best Ellery stories is excellent and allows only one solution. Of course, as the cousins themselves said, "We are fair to the reader only if he is a genius."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:40 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Who Knew at April 12, 2026 10:40 AM (0QMbS)
There was a series of books I liked a lot as a kid by William (I think) Altsheler. Didn't discover until late in adulthood that my twin brother loved them too and collected them. His widow was kind enough to send them on to me.
They cover the French and Indian war. I was young enough not to realize that was an actual event and not made up by the author.
Posted by: Wenda at April 12, 2026 10:41 AM (JhlRS)
Like so much else, it disappeared after the folks divorced and the old house was sold while I was sent away, miserably, to summer camp. (That experience was like a bad SF story where I was transported from my happy childhood home to an alternate and crappier dimension.) Often wondered what became of all the books we had, like the nearly complete original Hardy Boys set, or Dad's hardbound collections of cartoons by Addams, VIP, Mauldin, et al.
Posted by: mindful webworker - books in another world at April 12, 2026 10:41 AM (C2uPD)
They used to print the menus of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's dinner parties.
Posted by: Wenda at April 12, 2026 10:43 AM (JhlRS)
As far as childhood favorites, two stand out: 1) "Mystery of the Witch's Bridge" by Barbee Oliver Carlton. I got this in IIRC 3rd grade, from Scholastic Book Services. Young orphan Dan Pride is sent to live with his rather remote uncle at the family estate in York, Maine. Decades-old mysteries, a reputed mad hermit who lives on an island in the marsh, and a menacing dog named Caliban all fit into the story. I always found it incredibly evocative of the setting. It vanished long ago and I found an apparently never-read copy in the original printing on Amazon about 20 years ago. Enjoyed reading it just as much the 2nd time.
2) "Quest For the Snow Leopard" by Roy Chapman Andrews. A fictionalized account of some of his travels in China and Tibet. My evil twin absconded with it, so I got a copy of the original. To this day, I can't see a cardinal in winter without thinking of "The Great Gorge of the Yangtze River", one of chapters in the book.
Posted by: Disillusionist at April 12, 2026 10:43 AM (VZ4lb)
that is the draw of a drawing room mystery, that was satirized in the movie clue,
Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026
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And viewers/readers still love a good puzzle, if it's not too complicated. See the Knives Out films. At least the first one qualifies as a Queen/Christie-level mystery.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:43 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 10:36 AM (2TPZH)
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My copy is the NRA 2nd edition that appends his account of his service in Burma. It's like a second book. It provides an insight into the US's first RCT-level campaign with indigenous forces (the Kachins) in the 20th century. The Brits, of course, had a lot of experience in the practice (including Burma, of course). A sort of a passing of the baton.
Posted by: mrp at April 12, 2026 10:44 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 12, 2026 10:17 AM (xT8gx)
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Absolutely. My worst selling book (Scorpion's Pass) has a crappy title and one of my goals this year is to do an audio book/revision and retitle it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 10:45 AM (ZOv7s)
That's right. He was looking for Godzilla. Then risked his life to get into China to recover dinosaur eggs.
Hmm . . .
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 10:45 AM (78a2H)
It says Easter in New Orleans to me.
Somewhere in a box I have a beautiful hat from Yvonne LaFleur, and somewhere in the back of the closet is the dress it was made for.
And maybe in ten years or so, grandgirl will wear both and look lovely <3
Posted by: barbarausa at April 12, 2026 10:46 AM (enw9G)
Read the other 4 twice in my lifetime
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 10:47 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)
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"Oh look, it's Easter, so let blaspheme and insult people who will generally ignore us."
"Oh, it's Eid, everyone remember to say nice things about Muslims!"
Do they get that insulting Jesus also insults Muslims? Anyone remember when some school (Oberlin?) was going to do a production of "Corpus Christi" with the gay Jesus and got threatened with fatal diversity, upon which they decided cultural sensitivity was better than transgression? That was a hoot.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 10:48 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 12, 2026 10:48 AM (ZOv7s)
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Posted by: Sid at April 12, 2026 10:50 AM (Be2jp)
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I remember his Lochinvar Luck as a boy. And there were the Whitman Authorized TV novels about Lassie, at least two with Jeff Miller and one or two with Timmy. (No wells were ever involved.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:52 AM (wzUl9)
It says Easter in New Orleans to me."
Yes. It brought back fond memories of Oregon Muse.
Posted by: Tuna at April 12, 2026 10:52 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 10:54 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
does sejanus fall come later, that is what we saw in I Claudius, which was influenced by Tacitus account,
Posted by: miguel cervantes
Details, mere details. They developed a theory based upon pure speculation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 10:54 AM (ndZc7)
This is funny.
Out of the blue, the lovely and artistic Mrs naturalfake, used her AI programs to make a cover for my upcoming novel.
She did a great job! Very professional looking.
Anywho, she said the cover was to be a spur for me to get off my butt, and finish the novel....
Yes, ma'am!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at April 12, 2026 10:55 AM (iJfKG)
Dumb me, I just learned that "yokel" is Northern English for "plow boy", duh, thence a country bumpkin.
I love dictionary surfing, which is why, as much as I use on-line lookups, I still have dead trees versions.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 10:56 AM (kpS4V)
The most astonishing example is Gagarin bailing out of his Vostok capsule because they hadn't developed a landing system -- and then the Soviet state kept that a secret for 40 years because they were afraid it might not qualify for the official record books!
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 10:38 AM (78a2H)
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The Bolsheviks persecuted their most brilliant engineers and physicists. They imprisoned most of them, men like Sakharov, and fed and sheltered them like radioactive lab rats.
Solzhenitsyn spells it out in his novel "The First Circle".
My parents visited Kazakhstan and Pavlodar as part of a IESC program in the 90s. Dad had spent some years working at the Redstone Arsenal in the 50s. His description of the Soviet-era factories left in Kazakhstan was one of slap-dash and make-do in response to a doomed central command-and-control economy.
Posted by: mrp at April 12, 2026 10:56 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 12, 2026 09:14 AM (MIIRH)
You're welcome! I mostly read LitRPG on Royal Road, but they also gave asylum to some sci-fi refugees from the HFY subreddit when there was some e-drama. I forget the details, just a vague recollection of Reddit changing the terms of service to arguably own the rights to everything posted. This, naturally, rustled many jimmies, especially on such a writer-focused sub.
Posted by: SciVo at April 12, 2026 10:57 AM (Sy6m/)
although the though of issa and jesus are not remotely alike
Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 10:58 AM (bXbFr)
I bet he'd be glad how the book thread goes on welll
Posted by: barbarausa at April 12, 2026 10:58 AM (enw9G)
Just added to my TBR pile.
Posted by: Disillusionist at April 12, 2026 10:58 AM (VZ4lb)
Swalwell’s congressional & campaign senior staff are out with a new stmt
“We’re horrified by the recent reporting in the San Francisco Chronicle and by CNN”
“The behavior detailed in these reports is abhorrent, beneath the dignity of those serving in public office and betrays the trust of all Californians,” they write.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 11:00 AM (ndZc7)
one recalls that CNN series where they painted Jesus like the sicari, who he was at odds with,
this was ehrman foolishness,
Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 11:02 AM (bXbFr)
Posted by: microcosme at April 12, 2026 11:03 AM (tIOA7)
The Bolsheviks persecuted their most brilliant engineers and physicists.
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I always say the Catholic Church should apologize for Galileo when the commies apologize for killing Vavilov for challenging the dogmas of Lysenko.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 11:03 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: mindful webworker - books in another world at April 12, 2026 10:41 AM (C2uPD)
Am I reading this right?
Posted by: Reforger at April 12, 2026 11:04 AM (emWLT)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 10:56 AM (kpS4V)
Use old ones. We have a two-volume set of The Century Dictionary. It shows a plate of world flags and Germany is red with some funny icon in the middle.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 11:04 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 11:05 AM (tgvbd)
Tycho Brahe
Rousseau
Marquis de Sade
William S. Burroughs
Charles Bukowski for sure
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 11:05 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 11:04 AM (1Ff7Z)
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That's the set I have! I love it. Got it at a library sale.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 11:06 AM (kpS4V)
Like so much else, it disappeared after the folks divorced and the old house was sold while I was sent away, miserably, to summer camp. (That experience was like a bad SF story where I was transported from my happy childhood home to an alternate and crappier dimension.)
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Kids are resilient, he said dismissively.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 11:08 AM (tgvbd)
That was and remains one of my favorite books from way back when (along with all A A Milne, whose When We Were Very Young/Now We are Six introduced me to poetry--"What IS the matter with Mary Jane?").
I hope she enjoys it, and plan to reread with her if she likes.
I feel like she needs to be challenged a bit, in order to start mastering complex reading, which it seems almost no one can do anymore.
There's a delicate balance in introducing things at the right time (hence all the Dickens wars, etc that crop up), and I hope this is the right time for her to start loving what's down that rabbit hole.
Posted by: barbarausa at April 12, 2026 11:10 AM (enw9G)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 11:06 AM (kpS4V)
They were always used as booster seats....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 11:10 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: barbarausa at April 12, 2026 11:12 AM (enw9G)
Stopping by briefly as I am completely immersed in the news this morning.
I love the dress up top MP4 but the gloves would have to go. The handbag too. Shoes are good.
I finished First Sign of Danger, Kelley Armstrong's ewes Haven Rock book. This is a terrific series placing a small community of people escaping the law but for good reason set in the Yukon wilderness. Murder, intrigue follows them and it is up to the wilderness raised sheriff and his former detective wife to figure out what is going on. Men are men and women are women. Well done.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 12, 2026 11:14 AM (t/2Uw)
interesting...might have to actually stop in the visitors center next time at the Whittington Center ..bet they have quite a few books of interest there.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 11:17 AM (2TPZH)
(Mortician and Gomez looking through the window at a bleak stormy sky)
Gomez: "Are you unhappy, my dear?"
Morticia: "Oh yes, Darling, yes!"
Or the neighborhood doing spring cleaning up and down the block and there's Uncle Fester sharpening the spikes on the iron fence.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 11:18 AM (kpS4V)
https://tinyurl.com/2rnj5tm2
I couldn't tell if this was a put on or not.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 11:18 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 12, 2026 11:19 AM (78a2H)
I turned my gaze to the ground. Below the thinning clouds, I saw their world. Clearly, I saw civilization overlaid on a vast landscape. Mountains and forests, rivers and lakes, and near the horizon an ocean, all familiar, all utterly strange. No mountains on Earth look like those peaks. And no human city looks like the wide-spread crystalline structures that were scattered near the mountaintops.
I folded my wings behind my back and fell, like a meteor, toward a mountaintop. The roar of air! The brush of wind against my eyes and breastfeathers! The incredible rush of gravity's acceleration!
The mountaintop city rushed up at me. Details I could see before more clearly than my normal vision but now I began to pick out individuals, what appeared to be vehicles gliding through the air, shimmering, gossamer ribbons connecting the cities and surrounding developments. …
Posted by: mindful webworker - Invulnerable at April 12, 2026 11:20 AM (C2uPD)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 12, 2026 11:22 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026 11:22 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 12, 2026 11:23 AM (dmDsy)
John Astin remains such a great Gomez! Raul Julia pretty much owns it now, but I always see John Astin in my mind--I thought Morticia was so lucky! One of the thrills of my teenage life was when a guy I had a huge crush on kissed my hand, and then up my arm. (He got to the shoulder and stopped, and we both laughed because we were embarrassed. I kind of wish we hadn't been, lol!)
Posted by: barbarausa at April 12, 2026 11:24 AM (enw9G)
Hakeem Jeffries Claims DEI Is Explicitly Written Into Constitution
“Let’s just check the record. The motto of this great country, ‘E pluribus unum,’ that’s the motto of this great country, ‘Out of many, one.’ That’s diversity,” Jeffries continued.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 11:24 AM (ndZc7)
Gomez: "Are you unhappy, my dear?"
Morticia: "Oh yes, Darling, yes!"
Or the neighborhood doing spring cleaning up and down the block and there's Uncle Fester sharpening the spikes on the iron fence.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 12, 2026
***
The first movie in the 1990s really captured the spirit of all that.
Morticia to Gomez: "Last night, you were unhinged. You were like some desperate howling demon. You frightened me. . . . Do it again."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:26 AM (wzUl9)
It's under copyright, but I've a sneaking suspicion that that book is a compilation of his original books:
Project Gutenberg.
"Camps and Trails in China" by Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup Andrews is an adventure narrative written in the early 20th century. The work chronicles the Asiatic Zoölogical Expedition conducted by the American Museum of Natural History in China between 1916 and 1917."
"Across Mongolian Plains" by Roy Chapman Andrews is a naturalist's account written in the early 20th century. The narrative follows Andrews and his companions on their Second Asiatic Expedition, where they embark on a journey across Mongolia and Northern China."
Posted by: 13times at April 12, 2026 11:26 AM (uB2D/)
Off topic from MP4's suggestion. Hubs and I have been watching "Dark Winds," AMC's adaptation of the novels by Tony Hillerman. I've only read one novel in the series, but I noticed some radical changes in the characters and their arcs. Since I'm not invested in the novels' characters, I don't mind the changes in the series. In fact, the writers have done a good job writing compelling stories and the actors are outstanding. But would I feel this way if I had invested more time in the novels before watching the series?
I'm not sure. I notice I am often able to separate novels from their adaptations and appreciate the story (if well done) in their respective media even if they don't "match" exactly. And sometimes the adaptation ruins the story AND the characters.
How about the rest of y'all?
Posted by: March Hare at April 12, 2026 11:27 AM (O/GSq)
Rudd Weatherwax, the trainer of the various TV and movie "Lassies", was the uncle of Ken Weatherwax, who played Pugsley in the old Addams Family TV series.
Mmm... Carolyn Jones...Mmmmmm...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 12, 2026 11:27 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 11:30 AM (q3u5l)
I had the chance to buy the whole series in a used bookstore, but it would have been about a thousand dollars . I regret missing that less than missing the Hoover translation of Agricola's De Re Metalica[i/]
Posted by: Kindltot at April 12, 2026 11:30 AM (rbvCR)
How about the rest of y'all?
Posted by: March Hare at April 12, 2026
***
I'm a big Man From U.N.C.L.E. fan and have been since the show was new. Yet I liked the 2015 movie quite a bit. It was true to the *spirit* of the show's best episodes -- real danger, with brave heroes dealing with it and displaying insouciant courage at the right moments. Henry Cavill's Solo was exactly like Robert Vaughn's, and Armie Hammer was quite a bit different from David McCallum. But it all worked.
I'd have felt differently if Guy Ritchie had made fun of the original material and made it a goofy comedy. Or if they'd cast a blond actor as Solo and a dark one as Illya. But I was quite pleased with it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:32 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 12, 2026 11:23 AM (dmDsy)
I read 'em. I even remember a few moments from them. (A fake witness mentioned a squirrel backing down a tree in shock/fear, proving he was lying because squirrels don't climb backwards. A witness unwilling to admit to being a witness answered all test questions in palindrome, suggesting that the culprit was Bob.) But they were all really short, so there just isn't much to discuss.
Posted by: Castle Guy at April 12, 2026 11:33 AM (Lhaco)
If you have not already read it, I strongly recommend his autobiography "This Is Me, Jack Vance!: Or, More Properly, This Is "I"" Among other interesting details it reveals why aunts in Vance's stories are so often sinister figures.
Posted by: John F. MacMichael at April 12, 2026 11:33 AM (aYnHS)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 12, 2026 11:34 AM (Kt19C)
Jimmy Kimmel Claims Melania Trump “Must Really Hate” Donald
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 11:34 AM (ndZc7)
How about the rest of y'all?
Posted by: March Hare at April 12, 2026
***
The 1975 TV Ellery Queen came close to doing up the original stories quite well. Jim Hutton and David Wayne were excellent, and each story was a real puzzle. (Yeah, they relied on dying message clues too much.) So much better it was than that 1971 adaptation with Peer Lawford as Ellery!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:34 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:35 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 11:35 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 11:36 AM (ndZc7)
Commissar, you're missing a noun!
Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 11:37 AM (NcvvS)
My mother had a 1930's edition of "Peter Pan" with illustrations by Roy Best that she loved and the six of us kids read until it fell apart. I found a copy online that I bought for her many, many years later. I now own it and plan to share it with my grandkids. The illustrations are Maxfield Parish-ish. Tinkerbell looks more like Disney's Blue Fairy than Marilyn Monroe. Peter looks more like an innocent young boy.
I also wish I had her third-grade reader which had wonderful short stories, poems, and illustrations, but that disappeared many, many years ago! (Probably also read to its demise.)
Posted by: March Hare at April 12, 2026 11:39 AM (O/GSq)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 12, 2026 11:39 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026
***
Exactly why I was afraid that the U.N.C.L.E. film would be the same. It wasn't.
I don't think I even finished watching that so-called I Spy movie.
Most big-screen adaptations of beloved TV series fail to get it right. I don't get it. If you love the original material enough to mount a major film version of it, why change everything that we loved? Though I suppose the producers are in there fiddling. We've had good luck with Addams Family and U.N.C.L.E.; I guess we can forget Wild, Wild West and 21 Jump Street.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:40 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 12, 2026 11:42 AM (28AwC)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:43 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 11:43 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 12, 2026
***
I think it was Vance who had a Hugo-winning novella in the '50s called "The Dragonmasters." I no longer have the Hugo Awards paperback volume it was in. I should look for a copy.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:44 AM (wzUl9)
I read 'em. I even remember a few moments from them. (A fake witness mentioned a squirrel backing down a tree in shock/fear, proving he was lying because squirrels don't climb backwards.]/b] A witness unwilling to admit to being a witness answered all test questions in palindrome, suggesting that the culprit was Bob.) But they were all really short, so there just isn't much to discuss.
Posted by: Castle Guy at April 12, 2026 11:33 AM (Lhaco)
That's amazing! That's one of the clues I remember! It was Spike, (or whoever the main antagonist was) testified the squirrel "got scared so quickly backed down the tree"...
So random!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 12, 2026 11:45 AM (dmDsy)
There are two books of his that I owned in paperback but I can no longer find.
Almost Midnight was a thriller about stolen nuclear weapons. The ending of the book always gave me chills when I read it.
Everything but the Flak was a non fiction book. When they made the movie The War Lover, they needed B-17s in flying condition. The book is about the man who located the planes, restored them and then flew them from the US to the UK. Several times when they landed at airports in the US, things came to a stop as veterans had very emotional reactions to the planes. The story about landing in Portugal after crossing the Atlantic was funny.
Posted by: David from Oklahoma at April 12, 2026 11:45 AM (q+tdq)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 12, 2026 11:46 AM (dmDsy)
Maybe it's a sign I'm in my second childhood, but I enjoyed Hugh Lofting's Doctor Doolittle books. I don't know if I could find the same ones again.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 11:46 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 12, 2026 11:48 AM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026
***
And Goldman knew what he was talking about, having adapted others' books -- and his own -- to film.
Then you have somebody like Ira Levin, whose stuff is set up so that, if you take one card out of the house, the whole thing falls down. We got good adaptations of Rosemary's Baby and the original of The Stepford Wives (script by Goldman). And Levin's Deathtrap had been a play, so that was well-constructed from the get-go.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:48 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 11:49 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 11:51 AM (q3u5l)
MP4, thanks for the thread.
Have a good one, gang.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026 11:55 AM (q3u5l)
I think it was William Goldman who said the best you can hope for in adaptations of books to movies is that the film will be faithful in spirit to the original.
___________
I think that happens one time in a hundred. Authors are somewhere below Best Boy in the Hollywood hierarchy.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 11:55 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Nazdar at April 12, 2026 11:57 AM (NcvvS)
Can't find a copy anywhere.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 11:49 AM (tgvbd)
Lost somewhere, is it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 11:57 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 12, 2026 11:55 AM (tgvbd)
I think Rita Mae Brown said something like, "In publishing, the writer is a god ( lower case g ); in the theater, the writer is a king or queen; in Hollywood, the writer is the hired help."
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 12, 2026 11:57 AM (Ucgf4)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 12, 2026
***
Yes; Stephen King tells that story in Danse Macabre.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:58 AM (wzUl9)
Spider solitaire is evil
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 11:58 AM (Ia/+0)
I'm going to have to stop you right there. A book makes a terrible watercraft. --Archimedes.
Right there's your problem: wrong class of book. Try these:
https://tinyurl.com/2v2avswt
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 12, 2026 11:59 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:59 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 11:59 AM (wzUl9)
Oh, so now it's a music thread.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 12:00 PM (1Ff7Z)
“Let’s just check the record. The motto of this great country, ‘E pluribus unum,’ that’s the motto of this great country, ‘Out of many, one.’ That’s diversity,” Jeffries continued.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn
That's the opposite, it's about assimilation.
What a dumb shit Jeffries is.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 12, 2026 12:01 PM (sl73Y)
Guy Ritchies has a talent for that,
see rules of war, with Jason Stathem,
Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 12:01 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 12:01 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 12:01 PM (Ia/+0)
(wipes away tear)
So long, Book Thread.
(insert crying emoji here)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 12, 2026 12:02 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at April 12, 2026 12:06 PM (bXbFr)
The best description of movie people screwing up the original material was "They like the taste better after they pissed in the soup."
Posted by: JTB at April 12, 2026 12:12 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at April 12, 2026 12:16 PM (eHQKA)
Posted by: microcosme at April 12, 2026 12:25 PM (tIOA7)
are the best. I dislike the Cugel the Clever books. Which really should be the "Cugel Not As Clever As He Thinks He Is" stories. The Rhialto the Marvelous stories I found enjoyable but they lack the fairy tale charm of the original stories,
I would recommend Vance's Tschai (AKA The Planet of Adventure) series. Also his Demon Princes series.
Posted by: John F. MacMichael at April 12, 2026 01:25 PM (aYnHS)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 01:34 PM (fE6HJ)
Norrin Radd & microcosme; I'm normally a big fan of the Internet Archive, Gutenberg, etc as a source of free books, but as Baum is both somewhat popular & now out of copyright, complete collections of his books are available for very cheap as kindles-I got a complete Oz collection the other day for @ $.50.
Posted by: Pope John 20th at April 12, 2026 01:57 PM (7ZRgl)
I enjoyed Encyclopedia Brown stories, but so many of them were adaptations of the author's Two-Minute Mysteries series, I already knew the EB solutions.
I loved the Two-Minute Mysteries. Dr. Haledjian was the first unusual name I came across in fiction.
Posted by: Weak Geek at April 12, 2026 02:00 PM (p/isN)
I am reading Spirit House by Chroistopher G. Moore....very good detective novel ....takes place in Bangkok....book one in a series ....so I have a bit of good future reading.... Yay !!
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at April 12, 2026 02:03 PM (OfrY1)
Daily Tech News 12 April 2026
Top Story
- Sam Altman may control our future. Can he be trusted? No. (New Yorker) (archive site)
As the article goes on to explain, fuck no.
- My baby deer plushie told me that Mitski's dad is a CIA operative. (The Verge)
Nobody ever expects the Butlerian Jihad.
Tech News
- The AI RAM shortage is also affecting SSD prices. (The Verge)
The Verge definitely has its thumb on the pulse of the tech world here.
- You can save 57% on a Corsair 96GB memory kit at just $499. (Tom's Hardware)
No you can't. Just kidding.
- On the other hand, reader Rick C checked online prices at Micro Center and they are 60% lower than the sticker prices shown in yesterday's article. Or rather, the sticker prices were inflated by 150%.
Micro Center doesn't deliver online orders; you have to pay for and pick up the item in person. Still I'd expect a bigger fuss if prices in store were that much inflated over the prices they advertise online.
- If you were planning to start your own manned space program in this time of precented memory prices, you're in luck: NASA has released the Apollo code as open source. (Tom's Hardware)
Core memory is back, baby!
- Installing every Firefox extension. (Jack.Cab)
As the article notes, not all of them. 8 were deleted by Mozilla while the download was running and 42 couldn't be found, but still around 84,000 extensions.
And... It worked. Kind of.
It did use 37GB of RAM just to load the start page.
- Samsung's memory business is now more profitable than Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, or Microsoft. (WCCFTech)
Though it still falls a little short of Apple.
- Qualcomm is working with CXMT to develop custom RAM for smartphones. (WCCFTech)
While the Big Three memory manufacturers are making bank, the two former also-rans - China's CXMT and Taiwan's Nanya - are grabbing everything they can.
- Flash storage maker Sandisk just invested a billion dollars in Nanya, for example and Kioxia, formerly Toshiba's SSD division, invested around half a billion. (Simply Wall St, Evertiq)
SSDs - at least, good ones - need DRAM cache. Sandisk and Kioxia don't make DRAM. Nanya does, and not only that, but 90% of its production is still DDR4 which is not what current computers use but is what SSD controllers use.
- ProPublica journalists walk off the job in the first US newsroom strike over AI. (NiemanLab)
"We'll go on strike!"
"That's right! You'll have a national journalists' strike on your hands!"
"And whom will that inconvenience?"
Anime is Suicide Squad Isekai, the recent anime adaptation of Marvel's Suicide Squad. Song is Go Getters by Hololive's own Grim Rapper, Mori Calliope.
Not an AMV, exactly. The studio hired Calli to perform the ending theme for the show.
Disclaimer: Pfft.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: clarence at April 12, 2026 04:38 AM (H1EjZ)
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 04:39 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 12, 2026 04:41 AM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 04:41 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: clarence at April 12, 2026 04:42 AM (H1EjZ)
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 12, 2026 04:43 AM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: clarence at April 12, 2026 04:43 AM (H1EjZ)
ProPublica- WE'RE GOING ON STRIKE!!!
Normal People - Who?
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 12, 2026 04:46 AM (gcUgZ)
ProPublica journalists walk off the job in the first US newsroom strike over AI. (NiemanLab)
another link to that:
https://archive.is/b9usI
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 04:47 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 04:47 AM (WlUfk)
Posted by: PG at April 12, 2026 04:51 AM (QaaYA)
Where are the auditors?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 04:52 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: clarence at April 12, 2026 04:55 AM (H1EjZ)
The ProPublica Guild’s strike vote is just the latest example of a newsroom collective bargaining agreement becoming a battleground for debates over AI adoption in journalism.
As of September 2025, 43 contracts negotiated by units of the NewsGuild-CWA, the largest union for journalists in the U.S., included language that referenced AI in some form.
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 04:58 AM (fNISR)
Well, they didn't have that problem during the Apollo missions.
Not that problem.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 12, 2026 04:58 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 05:01 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: fluffy at April 12, 2026 05:05 AM (AN2gy)
https://archive.is/IJbWn
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 05:01 AM (fNISR)
That's the one Pixy posted!
I got the other one from HackerNews.
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 05:06 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 05:06 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Colin at April 12, 2026 05:06 AM (e8qy3)
Posted by: fluffy at April 12, 2026 05:07 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: Colin at April 12, 2026 05:06 AM (e8qy3)
related (from the ONT):
320 Another funny space toilet thing from splashdown night. I watched it live on NASA's stream, but then watched the re-run's of FOX's coverage. From Laura to Hannidiot, they had quite a few astronauts on as guests. Hannity managed to get Charlie Duke (who is 90) on. The toilet thing came up, and Charlie told a story of when he splashed back down after Apollo 16.
They got them all back on the carrier and he was able to shower and shave and clean up and all that. By the time he was all cleaned up and feeling fresh, they had hoisted the capsule into the hangar deck, and he went back inside to fetch some of his stuff.
He said the smell was so bad he gagged and he could hardly stay in there. Hannity didn't understand why it would stink, asking was it a "burned smell" for the heat. Charlie explained, no it was us....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 12, 2026 01:39 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 05:10 AM (fNISR)
Not that problem.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 12, 2026 04:58 AM (BLOW1
Actually they had the same problem. Just a decidedly more low tech solution. And likely messy. Which may be where we are today.
Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 05:13 AM (WlUfk)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 12, 2026 05:19 AM (2/MrR)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 05:25 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: epador at April 12, 2026 05:36 AM (Fv2tt)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 05:36 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 05:40 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 05:55 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 12, 2026 06:10 AM (mtevP)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 12, 2026 06:12 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: fluffy at April 12, 2026 05:07 AM (AN2gy)
Who cares?
Posted by: Jimmy at April 12, 2026 06:12 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Just Wondering at April 12, 2026 06:16 AM (2Ez/1)
youtube.com/watch?v=3_e8bQ6i43o
Nobody comes close with either video or audio.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 12, 2026 06:19 AM (IhL8c)
Posted by: Jimmy
>Everybody who puts a post up here for prayers or their dead pet.
You just a mean son of a bitch.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 06:19 AM (Fbc0I)
Evening and morning, adherents of The Greatest Smart Military Blog! I actually slept later than usual; no rude awakenings from a huge black cat. Howz about you?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 06:21 AM (wzUl9)
(Wait. Burt Reynolds is *dead*? Nobody told me!)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: fluffy at April 12, 2026 06:26 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)
And I am NOT impressed. Compared to the likes of The Witch of Mercury, Thunderbolts, or Unicorn the color palette is very washed out and drab. Then there is the lack of details compared to those previous shows. For a movie, it very much looks cheap.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 06:28 AM (2GVsD)
I believe he was being punny
Posted by: fluffy at April 12, 2026 06:26 AM (AN2gy)
Jimmy? I am SURE he was being punny. Crackin' corn and crackin' wise.
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 06:32 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 12, 2026 06:44 AM (zdLoL)
You just a mean son of a bitch.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Be kind. His master's gone away.
He died and the jury they wondered why.
The verdict was the blue tail fly.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 12, 2026 06:46 AM (xG4kz)
youtube.com/watch?v=3_e8bQ6i43o
Nobody comes close with either video or audio.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus
Yes, I posted this one as my musical interlude a few months ago:
youtu.be/6eF5540jGiE
I like that and his "Home Stallone 2" video.
I watch a lot of the vtubers he references, like Kirsche and Smug Alana in this one.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 12, 2026 06:50 AM (BLOW1)
Everything after this is for evil.
Posted by: Accomack at April 12, 2026 06:52 AM (6jy2V)
I wash born here, an I wash raished here, and dad gum it, I am gonna die here, an no sidewindin' bushwackin', hornswagglin' cracker croaker is gonna rouin me bishen cutter
And don't you forget it!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 12, 2026 06:52 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 06:54 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 12, 2026 06:56 AM (xG4kz)
Of course, it takes something like 37MB to load most web pages - even ones that are mostly text - nowadays.
Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 06:57 AM (XZoNw)
That's the way you do it.
Posted by: D. Straits at April 12, 2026 06:57 AM (2Ez/1)
Of course, it takes something like 37MB to load most web pages - even ones that are mostly text - nowadays.
Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 06:57 AM (XZoNw)
Maybe it's mining bitcoin?
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 06:58 AM (fNISR)
You check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 12, 2026 07:04 AM (xG4kz)
https://tinyurl.com/y45p8ars
Missing us by that ( ) close
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 07:07 AM (Ia/+0)
https://tinyurl.com/y45p8ars
Missing us by that ( ) close
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 07:07 AM (Ia/+0)
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Sorry, Artemis II crew....You're gonna have to go right back out there to deflect this threat to Earth.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 12, 2026 07:09 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 07:10 AM (LmPA0)
Has anyone drawn a connection between Jar Jar Binks' vocalizations and the young Vietnamese whore in "Full Metal Jacket"?
Mesa culled Jar Jar Binks. Mesa your humble servant.
Me so horny.
And there you have it! "Full Metal Jacket" was the first and only prequel to "Star Wars". You're welcome.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 12, 2026 07:13 AM (xG4kz)
Floppy the Bunny was a plushie
Who preferred her food soft and mushy
To finish it off,
She guzzled Smirnoff.
Her friends, they knew, she was a lushie.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 12, 2026 07:18 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:23 AM (yAteE)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 12, 2026 07:25 AM (Y1VpI)
The motor pool latrines on the day we came back was a preview of hell, however.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 12, 2026 07:25 AM (u5xQp)
No way that could possibly go wrong
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 07:25 AM (fE6HJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:29 AM (yAteE)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:29 AM (yAteE)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:33 AM (yAteE)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX)
John McCain, is that you?
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 07:35 AM (fNISR)
Yes, I amuse myself by instigating chaos among the local fauna.
Posted by: Halfhand at April 12, 2026 07:39 AM (Ysav4)
Any tl:dr summary?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 07:10 AM (LmPA0)
Maybe this will work:
https://archive.is/RmjPO
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 07:41 AM (fNISR)
My sloth in not putting the gator tire back on yesterday turned out to be for the best. The new tire is not holding air
Posted by: Ben Had
Good morning! At least you don't have to do it twice, now.
Time for me to drag out the obd2 device and check the new truck, it whined about a 'stabilisation system needs service' last thursday and illuminated the check engine light. If my reset doesn't stick, it'll spend the week at the dealer's while i'm in grand prairie instead of socializing in the long term parking lot. At least it's under warranty and will only cost an inconvience frustration instead of $
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 12, 2026 07:42 AM (QVmho)
"Nobody ever expects the Butlerian Jihad."
it's funny Pixy, I was just thinking that the other day ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 12, 2026 07:44 AM (MIIRH)
Has anyone drawn a connection between Jar Jar Binks' vocalizations and the young Vietnamese whore in "Full Metal Jacket"?
Mesa culled Jar Jar Binks. Mesa your humble servant.
Me so horny.
And there you have it! "Full Metal Jacket" was the first and only prequel to "Star Wars". You're welcome.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
Dude. That's just sick and wrongity wrong wrong wrong.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 12, 2026 07:45 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Gabby Johnson at April 12, 2026 07:45 AM (QCEpb)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 07:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ben Had
Slime FTW!
Posted by: Slimy Sid at April 12, 2026 07:47 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:49 AM (yAteE)
https://archive.is/RmjPO
Posted by: m
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Shades pf the deasd and unholy spirits!
I had to stop reading after a few paras
The ppl behind AI are either evil or tools of evil.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 07:53 AM (LmPA0)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 12, 2026 07:59 AM (qFwJc)
https://archive.is/RmjPO
Posted by: m
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Shades pf the deasd and unholy spirits!
I had to stop reading after a few paras
The ppl behind AI are either evil or tools of evil.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 07:53 AM (LmPA0)
I'd bet that author gets paid by the word.
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 08:00 AM (fNISR)
The feedstock for the AI output is the web. We already know how wonderful the totality of the web is.
For a long time, the web contained the output of humans; the evil you see is the evil that is within those willing to write about it and place those writings for all to see.
IMO, anyways.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 12, 2026 08:04 AM (u5xQp)
Posted by: Leaky Joe at April 12, 2026 08:09 AM (oftw2)
"furry" occurs twice; and then:
I’ve conversed with many an AI companion.
So many of Coral’s texts
In many ways,
In my many, many experiments with AI companions
Many of our exchanges
Many children ran up to pet Coral.
Many Gen Z tweens freaked out
the tension many people feel toward AI relationships
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 08:11 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Richard Cranium
You are not wrong
Human sin, concentrated and magnified back into the minds of the innocent through AI
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 08:15 AM (LmPA0)
Posted by: Ordinary American at April 12, 2026 08:16 AM (t+TFX)
Posted by: Ordinary American at April 12, 2026 08:16 AM (t+TFX)
I think we had to attend in good faith.
but yes it is bullshit
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 12, 2026 08:18 AM (/+uur)
Vance made it sound like a good-faith attempt. Again.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX)
Is there "regime change?"
Is Hormuz "open?"
Who wields power in Iran?
Will Sheila ever overcome the heartbreak of psoriasis?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 12, 2026 08:23 AM (u82oZ)
So many of Coral’s texts
In many ways,
In my many, many experiments with AI companions
Many of our exchanges
Many children ran up to pet Coral.
Many Gen Z tweens freaked out
the tension many people feel toward AI relationships
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026
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I *wondered* why I felt as if I were being tapped on the skull repeatedly with a ball peen hammer as I read it!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 08:23 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 12, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)
We can haz Book Thread soon?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 08:25 AM (wzUl9)
Back from the firing range. No one else showed up today so I had a private instructor. Shot 150 rounds. Learned more basics. It was great!
Now to exercise.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 12, 2026 08:28 AM (5UTWB)
Replying to @brennanleach
Swalwell senior staff adds that “Any decision of staff members to remain in their roles in the interim should not be viewed as support for Eric Swalwell.”
2:42 PM · Apr 11, 2026
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Stunning and brave.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 08:30 AM (RIvkX)
90 I'm back from workout
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 08:25 AM (wzUl9)
91 Now to exercise.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 12, 2026 08:28 AM (5UTWB)
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 08:31 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 12, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)
Refund?!
Refund? What's that?
Posted by: dantesed at April 12, 2026 08:32 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
No. Allergic to musty, dusty, old books. Pants at cleaners. No dice.
Posted by: One Hour Martinizing at April 12, 2026 08:32 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:23 AM (yAteE)
I shall spend the day contemplating my life choices.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 12, 2026 08:32 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 08:33 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Somali Learing Centre at April 12, 2026 08:33 AM (oftw2)
****
Meaning: "We're just here for the grift and graft and hope his replacement keeps paying us."
Posted by: clarence at April 12, 2026 08:34 AM (H1EjZ)
Ugh, the repeating switches between smooth and pulses of interlaced video are painful to try to watch. I just can't. Why would they do that?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 12, 2026 08:35 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:23 AM (yAteE)
I shall spend the day contemplating my life choices.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 12, 2026 08:32 AM (ExV1e) "
contemplate the prospect of two enemies of America (igrc and state department) left alone to conspire and collude in our destruction.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 12, 2026 08:37 AM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Emily Litella at April 12, 2026 08:37 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Dr. Huxtable at April 12, 2026 08:37 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 12, 2026 08:37 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: clarence at April 12, 2026 08:34 AM (H1EjZ)
"Swalwell" and "staff" in the same sentence? I dunno....
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 08:38 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Don Black at April 12, 2026 08:39 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Don Black at April 12, 2026 08:40 AM (ZxPkt)
They knew all along Swalwell was a scumbag but they didn't do squat as long as he was somewhat useful.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 12, 2026 08:40 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: The Islets of Langerhans at April 12, 2026 08:41 AM (oftw2)
Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness,
so that we can, with reverence, serve you.”
Psalm 130:3-4
Posted by: Marcus T at April 12, 2026 08:42 AM (TbL5I)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 12, 2026 08:37 AM (O7YUW) "
yeah, that was my takeaway, too. well, the printable one, anyway.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 12, 2026 08:42 AM (MIIRH)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 12, 2026 08:44 AM (MIIRH)
Posted by: The Islets of Langerhans at April 12, 2026 08:41 AM (oftw2)
What about me?!
Posted by: Mons Veneris at April 12, 2026 08:44 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Uncle Slayton at April 12, 2026 08:44 AM (3ZF+m)
Posted by: Dad In "Breaking Away" at April 12, 2026 08:45 AM (QCEpb)
Where in the hell did all this money come from? These guys talk like a billion dollars is pocket change.
BTW I can't imagine anything more French than France adopting Linux as it's national computing platform.
Posted by: pawn at April 12, 2026 08:45 AM (jstR0)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 12, 2026 08:46 AM (qFwJc)
Well, it's nice that so many in the world can survive without adding anything useful to society...
Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 08:49 AM (XuXeR)
I'm'a make another cuppa coffee and go out on the deck!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 12, 2026 08:49 AM (MIIRH)
Some rain yesterday, moar today!
Well, it's good for the grass. Or something.
Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 08:51 AM (XuXeR)
85 I have yet to find any good insights into what the hell this Islamabad thing really was.
Vance made it sound like a good-faith attempt. Again.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX)
I have no doubt it was a good faith effort on the part of the US; however a good faith effort does not require you to compromise on your goals,and clearly we did not.
I suspect there was a need for an operational pause to rest and rearm driving the temporary halt uo hostilities. Now it’s time to see if there is truly a plan to reopen the straits.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2026 08:52 AM (tgZLi)
Posted by: davidt at April 12, 2026 08:52 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 12, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 08:53 AM (qRla/)
Roads? Why waste salt there instead of on a Margarita glass?
Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 08:53 AM (XuXeR)
Depends. How many Dutch sailors are there... there?
Oh, you didn't say "straights"?
Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 08:54 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Doc Brown at April 12, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 08:56 AM (XuXeR)
I'd bet they put about a 10% chance would accept a deal and even less that they would honor any deal. It did give the war planners a chance to rest, rearm and assess the next steps including the best way to open the Strait and protect it and now Trump can say he gave Iran every opportunity to end the war but they chose otherwise.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 12, 2026 08:58 AM (viF8m)
>>@EricLDaugh
>>🚨 BREAKING: President Trump announces NAVAL BLOCKADE on the Strait of Hormuz after the Iranians failed during negotiations...
>>...and the Navy will interdict EVERY SINGLE VESSEL in international waters that paid a toll to Iran.
>>TRUMP IS TAKING THE STRAIT 🔥
Posted by: JackStraw at April 12, 2026 09:00 AM (viF8m)
BOOK THREAD IS NOOD
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 09:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 12, 2026 08:46 AM (qFwJc)
I won't be reconstructed
I'm better now than then
Posted by: I'm a Good Ol' Rebel at April 12, 2026 09:02 AM (lZt8q)
Bwahahaha! I remember the old days when you only had 640K of executable space, and your drivers had to use it, so you loaded all your drivers contiguously in the high area of memory...so that your other programs would have the most available space to run...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 12, 2026 09:07 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 12, 2026 08:46 AM (qFwJc)
I won't be reconstructed
I'm better now than then
Posted by: I'm a Good Ol' Rebel at April 12, 2026 09:02 AM (lZt8q)
So you're antireconstructionist? Doesn't quite flow off the tongue like antidisestablishmentarianism.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 12, 2026 09:08 AM (ynpvh)
Here was Saturday:
1.) Woke up and performed my ritualistic payment of tribute to my inbred Somali master class. BMWs and size-16 ball caps all around. Enjoy them, Ilhan, and send my regards to whatever warlord I'm subsidizing.
2.) Light fixture in dining room went kaput a little while ago, so I was up on a ladder wrangling the expensive and stupidly designed new one into place. 2 minutes after completion, the whole house loses power. Uh oh! I start freaking out for several minutes before ascertaining that this is a totally coincidental massive power outage.
3.) Elderly, recently widowed aunt is staying with my parents until she can get her house sold and buy a new one out here. So we went over and I moved her truckload of disgustingly heavy furniture down the bumpy slope into their basement.
Productive day, but glad it's over.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 12, 2026 09:12 AM (BI5O2)
I'm better now than then
He won't be reconstructed was the sentence he constructed later using than then then. He was properly instructed because a sentence well-constructed would never use then then than.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 09:12 AM (2TPZH)
Odd. My primary OS is based off the linux kernel versus the bullshit coming out of Redmond, WA. My primary machine lost its windows partition a while back and I haven't bothered to replace/fix it.
My favorite Linux distribution is handled by a guy in Minnesota (he's a native versus a Somali) who has doing that since ~1993. I don't know his political leanings, but he is extremely conservative about what goes into his distribution.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 12, 2026 09:44 AM (u5xQp)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 12, 2026 09:47 AM (u5xQp)
Saturday Night Club ONT - April 11, 2026 [The Double Bogeys]
From The Masters on X
"Call" and "dial" mean the same. But a "booty call" and a "butt dial"? Yeah...not the same thing at all. --------- John O'Reilly hoisted his beer and said, "Here's to spending the rest of me life, between the legs of me wife!" That won him the top prize at the pub for the best toast of the night! He went home and told his wife, Mary, "I won the prize for the best toast of the night." She said, "Aye, did ye now? And what was your toast?" John said, "Here's to spending the rest of me life, sitting in church beside me wife."
"Oh, that is very nice indeed, John!" Mary said. The next day, Mary ran into one of John's drinking buddies on the street corner.
The man chuckled and said, "John won the prize the other night at the pub with a toast about you, Mary." She said, "Aye, he told me, and I was a bit surprised myself. You know, he's only been in there twice in the last four years. Once I had to pull him by the ears to make him come, and the other time he fell asleep."
In 2019, Pizza Hut brought back its 1974 logo, banking on its nostalgic appeal. I figured that would be the end of it, just a simple marketing tactic soon forgotten. There were no plans announced to bring back the logo in stores, much less redesign the restaurants to look like old Pizza Huts from the chain's heyday. But with no fanfare whatsoever, that's exactly what’s been happening. Pizza Hut has been taking legacy stores and converting them into "Classics." The formula includes: 1) The old logo is used in pole signage as well as at the top of the (usually but not always) red-roofed restaurant. The pole sign features the addition of the word "Classic." 2) The interior features cozy red booths and old-school Pizza Hut lamps. 3) Stickers featuring the long-discarded character Pizza Hut Pete are found on the door. 4) Posters feature classic photos from Pizza Huts of yore. 5) A plaque displays a quote from Pizza Hut co-founder Dan Carney, explaining the concept as a celebration of the brand's heritage.
You and your friends threw an “I have nowhere to wear this” party… and nobody held back 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/Kz31ZcsiNd
— Wholesome Side of 𝕏 (@itsme_urstruly) April 7, 2026
The Club ONT Jukebox Something else we brought back from last year - an hour of Master's Theme Music on repeat with a visual tour of scenes from around the course:
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 11, 2026 10:00 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 10:00 PM (vl6og)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 11, 2026 10:00 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2026 10:00 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 10:00 PM (vl6og)
Posted by: mindful webworker - directly at April 11, 2026 10:00 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:01 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:02 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: mindful webworker - directly at April 11, 2026 10:00 PM
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Ouch.
Posted by: TRex - hobbying dino at April 11, 2026 10:04 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 11, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)
I love Augusta National! Looks like the rest of the field caught up to Rory. He's tied with Cameron Young, who won The Players Championship this year. Should be a good final round tomorrow.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 10:04 PM (gcUgZ)
1.5oz vodka
4-5oz TART lemonade, not the cloyingly sweet kind
.25oz grenadine
Otherwise you are drinking an absolute sugar bomb.
Posted by: ballistic at April 11, 2026 10:05 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 10:05 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)
Not in my part of Babylon DC, but there probably is in the region. No idea where. My hometown had one, but like everything else there, it shut down. Rust Belt blues.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 10:07 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 10:05 PM (glnUu)
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Rory ranked dead last among all players who made the cut in driving accuracy today. He spent more time in the woods than sasquatch.
If he can find fairways and stop pulling every approach left tomorrow he will walk away with it. Otherwise he's toast.
Posted by: ballistic at April 11, 2026 10:08 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 11, 2026 10:09 PM (7D3Aa)
Weekend update. Over 500 miles in two days on the Multistrada, 38mpg overall. Good road bike, got the horsepower to get out of a jam (19mpg according to the instantaneous right now mpg by the way). I glanced down and was doing 138mph. Fuck me, felt like 80mph.
Went to the Alabama science and engineering fair and got to judge 9 finalists in the 9th-to-12th grade engineering division. These kids are humblingly smart. I have faith in our future.
I also have GAINZZZZZ. Now under 210 pounds on my way to 200.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 11, 2026 10:09 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 11, 2026 10:09 PM (0aYVJ)
Yesterday, Ace posted this "SciManDan" clip having fun with a flat-earther named "CC from Westchester NY", who told us the SLS rocket was just big balloon, a bouncy house type of thing. I hadn't seen him before, but he takes the cake. Anyway, looking at some of his stuff, I stumbled across this.
I won't spoil it too much, but he's starting up one of his demonstrations and rants in his kitchen, and then his wife comes in. And he left the clip up on his channel:
https://is.gd/L4H9eY
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 11, 2026 10:10 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 10:10 PM (vl6og)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)
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I made an Azalea today and my lemonade wasn't acidic enough, and I used a splash of grenadine. It was way too sweet. If wildly sweet and unbalanced cocktails are your jam, you do you, but not for me.
Posted by: ballistic at April 11, 2026 10:12 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2026 10:12 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 11, 2026 10:13 PM (vrNzf)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 11, 2026 10:13 PM
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You're welcome! Good evening to you!
Posted by: TRex - par dino at April 11, 2026 10:15 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2026 10:15 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2026 10:16 PM (viF8m)
Spam Flattery - I think we can all agree he was the best Bond.
Posted by: mindful webworker - indirectly at April 11, 2026 10:16 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: davidt at April 11, 2026 10:16 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 11, 2026
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High Sierra and The Petrified Forest. No, make that The Harder They Fall.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 10:16 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:16 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: ballistic at April 11, 2026 10:12 PM (oqH4h)
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My palate was ruined by Manischewitz.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 10:18 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 10:19 PM (S/Y4j)
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The current negotiators are those who survived round one.
Perhaps the survivors of round 2 will prove wiser.
Posted by: Methos at April 11, 2026 10:19 PM (vSvIl)
Hmm. Once again, I'm just not seeing the pattern here. Long-haired boys?😁
Posted by: mindful webworker - omnidirectionally at April 11, 2026 10:19 PM (C2uPD)
We used to have a Pizza Hut here in our small town.
Oldest grandson, when he was 8 said "the people who work here are nasty."
Not long after they closed down, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at April 11, 2026 10:19 PM (3ek7K)
As a point of comparison, getting complete regime change in Japan and Germany at the end of World War II took something approximating the complete destruction of both countries. It may require making Tehran as flat as Berlin or Tokyo at the end of World War II plus American troops on the streets of Tehran to make sure there is no doubt about Iranian unconditional surrender.
I hope the surrender negotiations go better tomorrow, but how do you negotiate with a snake without cutting its head off and making its skin into boots?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 10:20 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2026 10:16 PM (viF8m)
The Chinese are crapping on Swalwell?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 10:20 PM (S/Y4j)
It was an absolute riot. We never paid for a drink and danced our asses off.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 11, 2026 10:21 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2026 10:16 PM (viF8m)
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Laissez les bons temp rouler!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:21 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026
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What was the spy story, set partly aboard a cruise ship or a cargo ship, with Bogart, Mary Astor, and Sydney Greenstreet? They visit the Panama Canal. That wasn't AitNA, was it?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 10:21 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:21 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: four seasons at April 11, 2026 10:22 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 10:22 PM (utfVc)
I was referring to automobiles and not golf clubs. I apologize for not being more clear.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 10:22 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 10:23 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Florida Peasant at April 11, 2026 10:23 PM (Lo97M)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 10:24 PM (glnUu)
Pizza Hut was okay in its day, but the world has moved on. (See also: Blockbuster.)📼
Posted by: mindful webworker - wth is Pizza Hut Pete?? at April 11, 2026 10:24 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2026 10:25 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 11, 2026 10:25 PM (7D3Aa)
Pizza in S/SE Texas is awful. Really, it's bad.
Fortunately, not a big pizza fan.
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:27 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 10:16 PM (wzUl9)
Left Hand of God and We're No Angels.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 11, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:27 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 11, 2026 10:25 PM (7D3Aa)
I probably pushed some crud into the relief port in the master cylinder or crudded up the shuttle valve that controls the brake system warning lamp, which is not lit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 10:30 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:27 PM (RIvkX)
Puttin' on my Straw Hat here.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 11, 2026 10:31 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2026 10:31 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: four seasons at April 11, 2026 10:22 PM (3ek7K)
He seems to be willing to "rent" women who are 7s or 8s
Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 10:31 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 10:33 PM (glnUu)
Fortunately, not a big pizza fan.
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:27 PM (XuXeR)
Had a real good pizza in Vancouver last week. Olympia pizza on West Broadway. Been there for years. It was THE go-to place to order pizza delivered to campus when I was at UBC, lo these many years ago. Still run by the same Greek family. Greeks make the best pizza. This is known.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 10:33 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:34 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:34 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 10:34 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: George Enoch Jetson at April 11, 2026 10:35 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:35 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 10:35 PM (Wmg4n)
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 10:35 PM (rbvCR)
I rarely make it all the way through a SciManDan vid because he takes his subjects (like CC) way more seriously than they deserve when he "debunks" them. At some point, more facts or the same facts repeated 50 times ceases to be effective and ridicule is the appropriate response. Although that linked short from CC makes me wonder if he's in on the gag.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2026 10:36 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026
***
"Gloria Mundy barfed on the bus"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 10:36 PM (wzUl9)
https://youtu.be/YlcY_enzwmI
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 11, 2026 10:36 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Case at April 11, 2026 10:37 PM (pvf3X)
Yeah. Probably need to blow some air thru the lines and fittings, then new fluid...
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:37 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I know that place. It was great!. Glad to hear it still is.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 10:37 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 10:38 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 10:38 PM (Wmg4n)
Tips were good, and I was out of the store most of the time. Listening to Savatage, Megadeth, and Slayer on my car stereo.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 11, 2026 10:38 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: TRex - mechanic dino at April 11, 2026 10:38 PM (P7Hra)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2026 10:31 PM (cYBz/)
Millie Small, maybe?
https://youtu.be/KerSRYaMrIA
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 10:39 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:39 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: man
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I'd say replace the rubber/flex lines. They *do* go bad and cause lock-ups.
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:39 PM (rdVOm)
You do wonder why he would leave that up on his own channel, so embarrassing it is for him.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 11, 2026 10:39 PM (w6EFb)
I doubt he can count that high.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2026 10:40 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:41 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: She Hobbit at April 11, 2026 10:41 PM (ftFVW)
I doubt he can count that high.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2026
His poor wife and their kids.
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 10:41 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 11, 2026 10:41 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:41 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Doof at April 11, 2026 10:41 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 10:42 PM (RIvkX)
Did you pay your mother back her $600? Well, did you?
Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 10:42 PM (5nH6u)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 10:21 PM (wzUl9)
AitNA had Bogey as the first mate of a freighter, New York to Murmansk.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 10:43 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:43 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:34 PM (rdVOm)
Yes, I am well aware of that. But for both to fail, at the same time, and to the exact same degree, is pretty unlikely. Disturbed crud in the master is a common cause for both sides, and likely a result of my having done the work.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 10:43 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:43 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Doof at April 11, 2026 10:41
Whew! I beat you in. I mean, hi Doof!
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 10:44 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 10:44 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 11, 2026 10:45 PM (7D3Aa)
How much glitter was there?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2026 10:45 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:41 PM (XuXeR)
Millie Small was a real cutie, back in the day. Sadly, she died of a stroke in 2020.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 10:45 PM (utfVc)
And even 'so-so' pizza can be pretty decent the next morning for breakfast.
Posted by: RandomDave at April 11, 2026 10:46 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:46 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Of course.
(It's always the first question: "What did you do to it, right before the problem started?" Heh.)
But also-- there's no rule what says *you only get ONE problem at a time*.
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:46 PM (rdVOm)
We haven't eaten at Pizza Hut for over 30yrs as my sons & husband got food poisoning from the buffet. Hours later we arrived at the farm & went swimming in the pool. Youngest got out and went soaking wet upstairs,passing his grandparents without a word,& got sick. Other son, who never hit the toilet when harfing, did the same, at least made it to the bathroom. Husband was delayed a bit. I had them all in my former bedroom, now a ward, after the urgent care meds. Would dose 'em up, give them fluids & they'd hear me swimming laps for half our vacation. I should get the logo for them for Christmas.I was smart enough not to get anything from that buffet in Meridian, MS.
We saw the WORST movie on earth tonight, & have seen some bad ones. Fondly remembering the cowboy ride to nowhere with no dialogue.
We kept watching because we laughed as it was so stupid: Thrash on Netflix. Like a really bad, pathetic attempt at Jaws and Twister all rolled into pathetic insanity. If it was supposed to be serious we missed the plot completely and laughed for most of it. Highly recommend and wonder who in their right mind thought this was any good.
Really bad cinema.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 11, 2026 10:46 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 11, 2026 10:46 PM (A5RD0)
WTF?
Anyway, fun to ponder what's next. Trump can reiterate his "civilization" ultimatum, with the same requirement (open Strait), with a different deadline. One way would be to make it a practical test. Escort the 5 (I believe) US-flagged ships trapped in the Gulf out. Any attempt to mess with them - blammo.
I think Adm. Cooper is familiar with the "big blue blanket" the USN used in the last year+ of WWII against Japan. Some parallels here, in terms of suppressing anti-ship nonsense from Iran mainland.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 11, 2026 10:46 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 11, 2026 10:47 PM (7D3Aa)
95 I saw a pic of Swallwel sitting on a bed in what looked like a hotel room, with a woman other than his wife, who seemed to have lost most of her clothes.
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:43 PM
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I wonder who took the picture.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 11, 2026 10:49 PM (zzfWy)
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:50 PM (XuXeR)
https://tinyurl.com/bdzbm3b2
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:50 PM (GD0B3)
Thanks to you & the Dino for tonight's ONT!
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:43 PM (rdVOm)
YW!
Tired of making azaleas yet??
Posted by: Doof at April 11, 2026 10:50 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 10:50 PM (vl6og)
52 There's a couple of buildings around here that have distinctly former Pizza Hut roofs. They'll save remodel expense if they just buy them back.🍕
It’s amusing to see what they’ve been turned into. Best I’ve seen was in Navasota, Texas; it’s now a chapel and funeral parlor. I envision a special - 2 free pizzas with every burial!
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 10:50 PM (txiLK)
B*tch set him up?
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:51 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 10:51 PM (gcUgZ)
Don't use internally.
Don't mix electricity and water.
Don't run your cords through the middle of the floor.
Don't lick the outlet.
Don't play with fire.
I thought I could put almost all of the regular ones on a single page and post it on the company website for download, along with a simple warning on all the boxes:
"If you don't know enough to not stick a fork in an outlet or use a hair dryer while still in the shower, then you're too dumb to use our products. This is the only warning you'll get. (Go to our website to download all of the standard warnings.)
1/x
Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 10:51 PM (5nH6u)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 10:51 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:51 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 10:44 PM (Wmg4n)
But you haven't noticed the fashion content yet
Posted by: Doof at April 11, 2026 10:51 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: JackStraw
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THey are going to throw him out of the House?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 10:51 PM (vl6og)
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:52 PM (GD0B3)
Cracked up the 1st time we drove by it. Mrs was "no, that can't be"
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:52 PM (XuXeR)
95 I saw a pic of Swallwel sitting on a bed in what looked like a hotel room, with a woman other than his wife, who seemed to have lost most of her clothes.
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:43 PM
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I wonder who took the picture.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
His wife.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 10:53 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:53 PM (GD0B3)
Sucks when you've spent the whole day doing stuff that needed doing, plus other great stuff! And you figure All Is Right With The World...
...and then WHAMMO! There's a freaking big problem and you *know* it's because of all the Good Stuff you did.
Sorta takes the wind outta yer sails. Bleh.
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:54 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:54 PM (XuXeR)
Of course, the pdf would have all the warnings in snarky, insulting terms, like...
"Electricity and water don't mix. Not at any voltage. If it's connected via cord (and even some battery-operated items) to electricity, don't take it into the tub nd you probably shouldn't lean over the sink with it. But you do you, boo."
"If you're old enough to read and don't yet know not to play with fire, then, honestly you should look at suing your parents. Or you can learn the hard way."
Etc.
2/x
Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 10:54 PM (5nH6u)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 11, 2026 10:55 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: Doof
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Grrr. Getting ready to start garnishing with REAL azalea flowers...
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:55 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Leonard Pinth-Garnell at April 11, 2026 10:55 PM (Riz8t)
I get the excitement over his destruction, as he's a stupid, vile POS (like most Dems are or have become, incredibly). But nothing of importance likely to change.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 11, 2026 10:56 PM (U/Byj)
Well, then I thought, "How hard can it be to translate that so I could post one for as many languages as possible?"
Then I thought how hard it would be to get across the snark and insult in those translations. I know idioms often don't travel well, linguisitcally.
So, I thought, "Oh! Let's ask Grok!" So I did.
"into how many languages could you translate a warning pamphlet (electricity, fire, etc.) and retain the sense of American snark and idioms?"
Grok came back with:
"Dozens—realistically 30–50+ where I can keep the American snark mostly alive."
3/x
Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 10:56 PM (5nH6u)
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:56 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 10:56 PM (txiLK)
"Why that range?
Core competency languages (excellent snark retention): English → Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian especially), Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Turkish, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic (MSA + some dialects), Persian/Farsi, Hindi, Indonesian/Malay, Vietnamese, Thai, Korean, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Taiwanese, etc.
In these, I can swap American idioms for culturally equivalent zingers while keeping the original bite, rhythm, and "don't be a dumbass" energy.
Solid but slightly softer snark (20–30 more): Languages with less direct overlap in casual sarcasm (e.g., Finnish, Estonian, Icelandic, Swahili, Zulu, Tagalog, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Burmese, Khmer, Lao, Amharic, etc.). The warnings stay clear and warning-y, but the pure American wiseass flavor gets adapted into the closest local equivalent."
4/x
Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 10:56 PM (5nH6u)
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 11, 2026 10:57 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 11, 2026 10:57 PM (0Htd1)
"The real challenge with safety pamphlets
Electricity/fire warnings are already serious ("Danger: High Voltage – Touch this and become a very expensive sparkler"). American snark adds lines like:
"If you lick this outlet, Darwin will smile."
"This panel isn't for decoration, genius."
"Water + electricity = nature's way of saying 'you're an idiot.'"
I can translate that tone by:
Finding parallel local idioms ("toast" → German "Brötchen" equivalent, Spanish "churrasco humano", Japanese "yaki-kawa" style burn jokes, etc.)
Preserving rhythm and condescension level
Keeping it legally responsible while still funny"
5/x
Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 10:57 PM (5nH6u)
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 10:44 PM (Wmg4n)
But you haven't noticed the fashion content yet
Posted by: Doof at April 11, 2026
I think the nowhere to wear this idea is great.
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 10:58 PM (Wmg4n)
Back in the '80s, Pizza Hut had a buffet item called "The Mexican Salad." I've heard it described as "looking like a hairy Mexican tossed it by throwing it against his chest."
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 11, 2026 10:58 PM (81lGU)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 10:56 PM (txiLK)
He didn't have his own OnlyFans channel? I'm surprised; he seems vain enough.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 10:58 PM (S/Y4j)
"Limits
Beyond ~50–60 languages it gets dicey: extremely low-resource languages, certain Indigenous ones, or very formal/hierarchical cultures where overt sarcasm reads as rude or confusing rather than helpful. The safety message always survives. The "bless your heart" American snark level drops.
Want proof? Drop the actual pamphlet text (or a sample section) and pick target languages. I'll translate a few right now and you can judge how much of the original asshole-American charm survives.
How many do you actually need? I can handle a surprising number at once."
6/6
Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 10:58 PM (5nH6u)
Posted by: runner
Which is fine and all but "Nothing is going to happen".
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 10:58 PM (gcUgZ)
How much glitter was there?
Posted by: Archimedes
Is it not more relevant to know how many Chicom renminbis were tucked into his panties.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 10:58 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 10:58 PM (5nH6u)
Are we sure she's a genuine woman. I still think Swallowwell looks gay.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 11, 2026 10:59 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Mark1971
Awiens....
Posted by: Cute Fuzzy Kitten at April 11, 2026 11:00 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
It has been my experience that anything called "Mexican (fill in the blank of your favorite food)" usually involves excessive amounts of sour cream and black olives.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:00 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 11, 2026 11:00 PM (hCAty)
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
Posted by: Kindltot
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I miss Der Wienerschnitzel .
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:01 PM (vl6og)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 11:01 PM (RIvkX)
It’s amusing to see what they’ve been turned into. Best I’ve seen was in Navasota, Texas; it’s now a chapel and funeral parlor. I envision a special - 2 free pizzas with every burial!
Posted by: Tom Servo
Saw a meme of a former Pizza Hut with the roof painted blue, and a Domino's Pizza sign on it. The meme text was something about wearing the skull of your enemy as a hat.....
Posted by: mikeski hopes the manager was named Conan at April 11, 2026 11:02 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 11, 2026 10:47 PM (7D3Aa)
Are there drinks?
I was watching the movie during the movie thread.
The dialogue was mostly the F word. There was one part that nearly killed me laughing, and I might as well spoil it for everyone as nobody with any sense would watch it.
Set in the South, Hurricane with the potential of a CAT 6 a' comin'. Other stuff going on that I won't get into, but 3 plots. The town has really dumb people from what I could tell.
Some redneck kids were in a foster home with mean, redneck foster parents.
Sharks somehow get meaner during this hurricane vs doing whatever they normally do and show up big time everywhere.
The levee breaks. Mean foster parents get eaten. The 3 kids are on a table in the kitchen trying to survive and, I guess, to raise their spirits, say F Mr. Whatever and laugh. Mr. Whatever then pops up out of the flood without an arm asking for help and I cracked up. They later get revenge.
It was insane. Really, really bad.
Even a part of stolen script from Gone With the Wind birth hysteria written in. Instead of Atlanta burning the floods a' comin' with sharks.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 11, 2026 11:02 PM (WONhk)
It's on posobiec's x feed
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 11:02 PM (Wx316)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 11, 2026 11:02 PM (sKqQm)
My understanding is that we trusted the UK with that role, and they flubbed it to simplify their defense budget.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 11:02 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 10:58 PM (Wmg4n)
Heck, Id' take any of those ladies out in almost all of those outfits (excepting the jumper, the costume of... something, and the last one - maybe that one would work on a cruise for ugly Hawaiian shirt night) to somewhere. They looked pretty dang good.
Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 11:03 PM (5nH6u)
Silent Letter Day: Wed-nezz-day!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 11:03 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Admiral Winchester at April 11, 2026 11:04 PM (jrgJz)
god only knows what with some guy. Oh, and she has glitter on her. Portapotties are the most disgusting places on earth. Geez, lady, have some dignity.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 11, 2026 11:04 PM (0Htd1)
It's on posobiec's x feed
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 11:02 PM (Wx316)
I've seen some people say that the other guy resembles his friend Senator Ruben Gallego.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 11, 2026 11:04 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:04 PM (vl6og)
Do they offer cremation services? Thin crust or pan?
Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2026 11:05 PM (vTZFs)
Do they offer cremation services? Thin crust or pan?
Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2026 11:05 PM (vTZFs)
Cremation would have to be stuffed crust.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 11:06 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 11:06 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:06 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 11:06 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Tom Servo
He didn't have his own OnlyFans channel? I'm surprised; he seems vain enough.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Oh, great, another way to launder money to politicians.
$100, private session
$5000, choose my vote
$10000, I'll sponsor your legislation
$25000, I'll introduce your legislation
Posted by: mikeski figures they're about that cheap at April 11, 2026 11:06 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 11:06 PM (txiLK)
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 11:07 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 11:08 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 11:09 PM (RIvkX)
Swalwell was removed from the House Intelligence Committee because even Kevin McCarthy wouldn't cover up his corruption with China.
He sold all of us out not just his poor wife and kids. I care as much about his wife and kids as he cared about us.
It's way past time we fought as ruthlessly as they do.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2026 11:09 PM (viF8m)
That got me thinking. Let's do it American style. Send up sealed single- or double-wide trailers, with an airlock. The residential area would look like a trailer park.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 11:09 PM (S/Y4j)
It's on posobiec's x feed
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
Okay, now that makes sense.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 11, 2026 11:09 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Lex at April 11, 2026 11:10 PM (y4H1r)
I used to love IHOP. There was one near the bars on Merrick Blvd we would go after drinking.
Now IHOP sucks.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 11:10 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 11:11 PM (JkO4W)
"It is certain."
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:11 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: MAC V SOG at April 11, 2026 11:11 PM (P4Pk9)
It's way past time we fought as ruthlessly as they do.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2026
Having sympathy for innocents doesn’t diminish my disgust for him. Being cheated on hurts.
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 11:11 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: mindful webworker - rock rocky rocket rocking chair at April 11, 2026 11:12 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 11, 2026 11:12 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 11:06 PM (txiLK)
We never know what we are getting into. This surpassed all expectations and we laughed through most of it.
I do not know what anyone was thinking making it as it was so very bad by someone on bad acid.
Thrash is the title, which is also awful. Should be Flush. Or maybe Sharks Run Through It.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 11, 2026 11:12 PM (WONhk)
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"I'll decide when you can stop punching me in the face, and it's not yet."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 11:12 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Lex
It has been a great Masters so far. I'm hoping it goes down to the final putt on the 18th green and then ends up in a three-way extra holes playoff." Heck, let's go for quad extra holes.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:13 PM (glnUu)
And I need to go to bed. Sleep well everyone!
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 11:14 PM (OoFl2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAyKBwyA1fs
Posted by: Lirio100 at April 11, 2026 11:14 PM (ky7/T)
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 11, 2026 10:57 PM (CNl8/)
Is composting mentioned anywhere? That seems to be something environmentally conscious Dems and commies do.
Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 11:15 PM (5nH6u)
Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2026 11:05 PM (vTZFs)
Cremation would have to be stuffed crust.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 11:06 PM (S/Y4j)
.......................
This is why I show up. Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow.
The IRGC decision does not surprise me. They think they are winning. Someone should make a movie of the inner workings and brains of the IRGC's situation room with goats. With the cardbord eye-a-tolla starring from his bed.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 11, 2026 11:16 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 11, 2026 11:16 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 11, 2026 11:12 PM (WONhk)
Actually that should be “And a Shark runs through it.”
Or maybe “The Sharks of Madison County.”
Ok “Dances with Sharks.”
Yeah, I’ll be here all night, tip your waiter!
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 11:16 PM (txiLK)
I own property in suburban Boston. One property has a former Pizza Hut on it. It's been a series of other restaurants over the years, but most people still call it the old Pizza Hut because of the distinctive exterior.
Posted by: Lex at April 11, 2026 11:17 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2026 11:17 PM (T+M0K)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 11, 2026 11:18 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Piper
It must hurt worse when everyone knows you've been cheated on. I've known a couple of women whose husbands had affairs at work and were caught.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 11, 2026 11:18 PM (0Htd1)
...and then WHAMMO! There's a freaking big problem and you *know* it's because of all the Good Stuff you did.
Sorta takes the wind outta yer sails. Bleh.
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 10:54 PM (rdVOm)
Well, I ordered two new flex lines from Amazon. Grrr! They had passenger side at a decent price, but no driver side. Upon further inspection, it seems the only difference between the two is the orientation of the middle hanger bracket, which can be changed with a small effort. So I ordered two pass. side. Hoses are old enough that simply changing for reason of age is reasonable.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 11:19 PM (utfVc)
If they are not throwing Swallwell out of the House it is a sham.
Posted by: Braenyard
Prepare for 'sham'.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 11:19 PM (gcUgZ)
https://tinyurl.com/yc468fpu
Posted by: Kindltot
Knew those must be good for something…🫨
Posted by: mindful webworker - botormoatin at April 11, 2026 11:19 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 11:09 PM (S/Y4j)
That's essentially one of Elon's plans. Fly his space trucks (Starship) to the moon, land them, then tip them over and use them as housing. I think that's his plan for Mars, too.
I keep imagining them up on cinder blocks....
Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 11:20 PM (5nH6u)
We've all been cheated on by our government. And they didn't give a damn about our innocents.
The Democrat Party has become a party of demonic, power hungry scumbags who flooded this country with lunatics who killed hundreds if not thousands of innocents, stole identities, jobs, lives.
It's becoming obvious Swalwell's actions were well known in DC and they didn't give a damn as long as he was useful sliming innocents on our side. They didn't just discover he was a scumbag today and got outraged. He was going to hurt the vote for governor in CA so his own party crushed him.
This is war and they declared it. I don't care about their innocents. I care about ours.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2026 11:21 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: ... at April 11, 2026 11:21 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: She Hobbit
OK.
https://youtu.be/cVikZ8Oe_XA
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 11:21 PM (VHUov)
Hunger is the best Pizza Hut enhancer.
I spent a day caving in the Ozarks, with some bouldering on walls over a big stream, and turning the lights out to use a Day-Glo Frisbee in a big cave chamber with no sinkholes in the floor. We didn't pack food.
There was a Pizza Hut on the way home; the first restaurant we saw. Had my first Deep Dish pizza, and it was sooo good.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 11, 2026 11:22 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: ...
How many of the ingredients would be banned in California?
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 11:22 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 11:22 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 11:22 PM (VHUov)
I can only imagine. BTW I saw your followup to me last night - love the opsec advantage of your handle. Obviously.
Posted by: ... at April 11, 2026 11:23 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 11:16 PM (txiLK)
We knew it was going to be bad when they discussed a CAT 6 hurricane.
I spent the first 20yrs of my life with hurricane winds 120mi inland now a few summers. Another 30yrs on a barrier island in FL. We know what to do in FL.
The people of this town were retarded, and the sharks somehow knew it and arrived. Possibly all the sharks in the Atlantic.
I don't know where sharks go for hurricanes, but we never had them come in with the storm surge. No one but Geraldo died in our hurricanes.
If Jim Cantore goes anywhere we always figure that's where it won't hit (we've been out of town for a few).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 11, 2026 11:24 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: ... at April 11, 2026 11:25 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: nerdygirl
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That freaking sucks. And it's *even worse* when you find out that: not only has he been cheating, and everyone knew (except you) --- that no one let you know, day after day after day, as they looked you in the eye and had conversations with you.
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 11:25 PM (rdVOm)
If they are not throwing Swallwell out of the House it is a sham.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:04 PM (vl6og)
About ten years ago, my Congress critter got hit with insider trading charges. Why him and not the fifty other Congress Crooks doing the same thing? His campaign was being knee capped by the State Dem Party ahead of redistricting.
Swallwell is getting knee capped, and his best defense is to get out of the Cali Gov race. It's all among the Marxists, real greaseball shit.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 11, 2026 11:25 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:52 PM (GD0B3)
It's one big happy Fizzies Party!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 11:25 PM (utfVc)
Pizza Hut was OK at one time. And their big draw was they delivered. I don’t know what they did, but their product quality such as it was died a long, long time ago. They cheaped out on something (or maybe everything). The crust is not even close to correct.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2026 11:27 PM (T+M0K)
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Swallwell is getting knee capped, and his best defense is to get out of the Cali Gov race.
Hmmm, I bet he's just petty and short-sighted enough to burn some bridges on his way out. That could be fun.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2026 11:29 PM (vTZFs)
Pizza Hut was OK at one time. And their big draw was they delivered. I don’t know what they did, but their product quality such as it was died a long, long time ago. They cheaped out on something (or maybe everything). The crust is not even close to correct.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2026 11:27 PM (T+M0K)
I can't remember when I last ate Pizza Hut pizza. There are plenty of good independent pizza joints out there to choose from.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 11:30 PM (utfVc)
Why does she hate baked goods?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 11:22 PM (RIvkX)
Looks like you found Sugar Tits origin story. That would be an awesome advert for laundry detergent.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 11, 2026 11:31 PM (w/O5Q)
Prepare for 'sham'.
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Sam agrees. it's a sham
youtube.com/watch?v=Pv5cXss5cPg
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:32 PM (vl6og)
https://youtu.be/hbPfPCz3GRA
Enough golf -- Let's rock!
https://youtu.be/0tqh0IaMCPo
https://youtu.be/f0etXeLBvBw
https://youtu.be/s7UmCEhx26Y
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 11:32 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 11:32 PM (V4IXI)
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Nice that Azon has parts you can use.
If I lived near, I'd help you re-bleed the system! (yeah, and now you're gonna tell me you've got the tool for that, right?)
*high 5*
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 11:32 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
Not me. Really. I just look this way because of filters.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Cary Granted at April 11, 2026 11:32 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 11:32 PM (txiLK)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 11:33 PM (gcUgZ)
Fast food restaurants can make pretty solid food, but over the decades corporate pressures have destroyed that. The counter example is In-N-Out which refuses to compromise their personal integrity and the professional integrity. Every time you go to those restaurants they are spot clean, the employees are engaged and polite, and the food is spot on good. It is not impossible in modern America to run businesses at a level which we used to experience 50 years ago. The failure to do so is a choice.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:33 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 11:34 PM (V4IXI)
It seems redundant to see how things are going with Iran. As good as we all thought, I'll have to check news.
Snowflake came in. Maybe her, the dog Ralphy and I can squeeze in one more horror movie. They sleep together on the bed. Cat snuggled up to dog.
Everyone have a great night.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 11:34 PM (Sco7b)
Swallwell is getting knee capped, and his best defense is to get out of the Cali Gov race. It's all among the Marxists, real greaseball shit.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin'
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Yep, CA has jungle primary and the Machine wants K-tee? and he's screwing up the odds.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:35 PM (vl6og)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 11:35 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 11, 2026 11:37 PM (w6EFb)
Chick-fil-A has the same rep but unfortunately I don't find their offerings that good.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 11:37 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Do you want tornadoes on the Moon? Because, this is how you get tornadoes on the Moon!🌪️
Posted by: mindful webworker - Twistering the night away at April 11, 2026 11:37 PM (C2uPD)
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Oh, yeah!
I'm too lazy to make pizza crust. Buy the cheapo Totino's or whatever on sale, keep in the freezer until whenever... Always add toppings!
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 11:38 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 11:40 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 11:34 PM (V4IXI)
I tried the sausage and Pepperoni thin crust Screaming Sicilian one a couple days ago. Pretty good. Their sauce is usually a bit too heavy, but the cheese is always good.
Note: their sauce is actually pretty good- there's just too much of it. Portion affects taste.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 11, 2026 11:40 PM (bss/y)
I immediately ordered her a custom button that says, " Yeah, I'm a Welder. Booyah!"
I'm feeling like I did something great today.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:40 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Possible solution: Moar toppings! To balance it out, ya know...
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 11:41 PM (rdVOm)
Talks with Iran went as well as we all thought. 21 hours 'negotiating.'
I hope Vance brought rubner earplugs. That's a lot of Iranian shrieking and uluating.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 11:42 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 11:30 PM (utfVc)
Last week, eat-in. Right before Maundy Thursday service.
It was as good as ever.
Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 11:42 PM (5nH6u)
I had a Paul Newman's thin crust supreme last week because they were on sale for half price.
Definitely worth the half price. Full price ? Almost but not quite.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 11:44 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Do you want tornadoes on the Moon? Because, this is how you get tornadoes on the Moon!🌪️
Posted by: mindful webworker - Twistering the night away at April 11, 2026 11:37 PM (C2uPD)
If that's all it takes to get a usable, breathable at,osphere on the moon, I'm ok with the trade-off.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 11:45 PM (S/Y4j)
Gainzzz. That's what my scale tells me, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 11:45 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 11:45 PM (txiLK)
Chick-fil-A has the same rep but unfortunately I don't find their offerings that good. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
I agree. I've been to Chick-fil-A twice in both times. Both times the visits were huge disappearingments though the service and the cleanliness of the restaurants were excellent. For In-N-Out I will drive out of my way to go to one if I near one. To date I have never been disappointed.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:46 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Clarify this misconception by bombing Tehran until it looks like Tokyo in 1945.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:47 PM (glnUu)
If it's like that, guess I'll go to pretending to lurk mode.
Not bad. Just drawn that way.
https://youtu.be/4zRwze8_SGk
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - ''he makes me laugh'' at April 11, 2026 11:48 PM (C2uPD)
I saw simulations of that -- different possible tip-over mechanisms. And they need to bury them under lunar regolith too -- radiation shielding.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 11, 2026 11:49 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 11:50 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 11:40 PM (V4IXI)
I know I’m surprised to see all my friends looking older, while I still look the same!
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 11:50 PM (txiLK)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 11:50 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 10:41 PM (Wmg4n)
The kids, perhaps.
The spouses of politicians are no better than the politicians. They know they married degenerate scum, they did it for money and power and status, and they don't care that the spouses can't keep it in their pants, because they don't either. These sham marriages are just kept going so they can skim some of rakeoff the politician is stealing from me, in exchange for keep quiet about their degenerate scum lifestyles.
All of them should be burned at the fucking stake.
I'll try to dig up sympathy for Lady Swallwell on some day when I didn't literally just stuff her pockets with money that could have gone to *my* kids.
Nevermind, scratch that, I never will.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2026 11:50 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 11:45 PM (txiLK
For Iran. Good luck with that.
Zerohedge said Iran sent a 71 member delegation. Uhmm. Okay.
It sounds like the Strait is being cleared out, 2 destroyers were reported to have sailed through so as long as that can be controlled, bombing can probably be outsourced after President Trump decides to leave.
Guess we'll see what his plan is.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 11:51 PM (Sco7b)
I'm feeling like I did something great today.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 11:40 PM (glnUu)
I met a woman pipefitter who worked up in Portland who had a shirt on that read, "welding is just sewing with fire"
Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 11:51 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: runner
.......
Damn dry cleaners.
Posted by: wth at April 11, 2026 11:53 PM (BT3km)
But his mental illness doesn't reflect on her.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 11:53 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 11:53 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 11:53 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 11:56 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: Puddleglum
Hey!!
Posted by: a cesspool at April 11, 2026 11:59 PM (VHUov)
A Pizza Hut
A Pizza Hut
A Kentucky Fried Chicken
And a Pizza Hut
A Pizza Hut
A Pizza Hut
A Kentucky Fried Chicken
And a Pizza Hut
McDooooonaaald's
McDooooonaaald's
A Kentucky Fried Chicken
And a Pizza Hut!
Posted by: pookysgirl hears a lot of warm-up songs at April 11, 2026 11:59 PM (Wt5PA)
Me. We've been getting played by these murderous scumbags for 50 years. It's past time to end this idiotic game where we always lose to 3rd world gangsters.
The Strait was opened earlier today. I'll survive my gas being a bit more expensive for a few weeks.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 11, 2026 11:59 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 11, 2026 11:59 PM (nbLIj)
_.usatoday.c
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:00 AM (vl6og)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 12, 2026 12:02 AM (glnUu)
Posted by: runner at April 12, 2026 12:04 AM (GD0B3)
They both gave me the "I am guessing I shouldn't be doing this, should I" look and I just laughed and put the bag up.
They have been skulking back there all day looking for treats they may have missed.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 12, 2026 12:04 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 12, 2026 12:04 AM (A9n1A)
Posted by: Joe Kidd
Ok. How do you know?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 12, 2026 12:04 AM (glnUu)
All of them should be burned at the fucking stake.
I'll try to dig up sympathy for Lady Swallwell on some day when I didn't literally just stuff her pockets with money that could have gone to *my* kids.
Nevermind, scratch that, I never will.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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youtube.com/watch?v=mQCWY5ynBaw
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:05 AM (vl6og)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 12:05 AM (utfVc)
==
well....maybe he learned something today !
Posted by: runner at April 12, 2026 12:07 AM (GD0B3)
==
well....maybe he learned something today !
Posted by: runner
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Shit for brains comes too often. We are his assignment.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:09 AM (vl6og)
Posted by: wth at April 12, 2026 12:09 AM (BT3km)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 12, 2026 12:09 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Joe Kidd
Ok. How do you know?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 12, 2026 12:04 AM (glnUu)
There might have been drinking involved. But the point was it was either the worst pizza or the best cardboard I ever had..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 12, 2026 12:10 AM (nbLIj)
It's way past time we fought as ruthlessly as they do.
Posted by: JackStraw
Wouldn't be prudent. Not at this juncture.
Posted by: Gentlemanly GOPe at April 12, 2026 12:12 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: JackStraw
Wouldn't be prudent. Not at this juncture.
Posted by: Gentlemanly GOPe
That's not who we are!
-- DC republicrats
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 12:14 AM (rdVOm)
... an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a dealer who won’t tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time
If you think you've won, either you've lost, or rarely you managed a win/win where he got the bigger win.
(Yes, yes, these are Trump Facts, like Chuck Norris Facts. They're truthy, though...)
Posted by: RandomDave at April 12, 2026 12:15 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:18 AM (vl6og)
The Iranians sent PhDs to negotiate with real estate developers and investment bankers
Posted by: Kindltot at April 12, 2026 12:21 AM (rbvCR)
The Iranians sent PhDs to negotiate with real estate developers and investment bankers
Posted by: Kindltot
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youtube.com/watch?v=hM3oUl1n8ks
_sharks
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:27 AM (vl6og)
It's worked for everyone else so far. It's more like watching a football team get beat in the exact same way by every team they play, so they're just running that playbook.
Will it work with Trump in charge? We'll see. But it's been working for 75 years so far so I can't fault the strategy.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 12, 2026 12:28 AM (BI5O2)
The Iranians sent PhDs to negotiate with real estate developers and investment bankers
Posted by: Kindltot at April 12, 2026 12:21 AM (rbvCR)
Then Marco Rubio turned to the Iranians and said, "Now yous can't leave"...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 12, 2026 12:28 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:28 AM (vl6og)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Seventy three years are in their favor except
they've never played the game with a Joker in the deck.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:31 AM (vl6og)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 12:34 AM (Fbc0I)
If I was planning this I would not occupy Kharg. Although it has economic and political significance, it has little strategic or military value, and it’s very dangerous to send any troops to fight inside a refinery, that’s begging for casualties. Isolate it but do not invade it.
And of course let the B-52’s do what B-52’s do.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2026 12:42 AM (txiLK)
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Say yes and obliterate them tomorrow.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:44 AM (vl6og)
Worked for nearly 50 years. All they had to do was not lose.
Not going to work this time. Trump hates losing more than he like winning.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 12, 2026 12:45 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)
1h
'No Deal': Vance Leaves Islamabad As Iran Talks Stall Over Nukes; US Starts Mine-Clearing Hormuz
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Hope the mechanics have had time to get the F series and the A-10 fixed up.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:54 AM (vl6og)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:58 AM (vl6og)
. Israeli pilots too, though they are still doing sterling work in Lebanon - but it's only about 20 minutes to some targets, so nothing like the grueling Iran missions.
Typical and classic Israeli joke from last June, when Ben Gurion was shut down due to Iranian missile attacks:
"For more than 40 years we had no flights to Tehran. Now, ALL of our flights go to Tehran."
Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2026 01:00 AM (U/Byj)
Guess anything is possible, but I don't think the Dems would open up a competitive seat for *any* reason. So, extremely unlikely, to me.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2026 01:02 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 01:03 AM (vl6og)
At least 6 people were shot and 1 person was killed at a Chick-fil-A in Union Township, New Jersey, officials told RLS Media.
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Summer time, and the killin's easy. chumps are jumping all over the land.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 01:04 AM (vl6og)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2026 12:42 AM (txiLK)
And we all know what *that* is!
Rock Lobster
https://youtu.be/n4QSYx4wVQg
Posted by: SciVo at April 12, 2026 01:06 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 01:08 AM (vl6og)
Posted by: PabloD at April 12, 2026 01:12 AM (8sD0/)
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 12, 2026 01:12 AM (DwqWV)
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Say yes and obliterate them tomorrow.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 12:44 AM (vl6og)
Honestly I figured the move was to threaten the power plants then hit every residence of every leader there is left.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 12, 2026 01:14 AM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: PabloD at April 12, 2026 01:12 AM (8sD0/)
There are so many ex-Pizza Huts here that it is kinda funny. Some are Pho joints, but one in particular is an "adult bookstore." Someone here suggested we call it the Pizza Smut.
A true classic.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 12, 2026 01:14 AM (DwqWV)
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 12, 2026 01:12 AM (DwqWV)
The caribou moss greens are a nice touch.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 01:14 AM (utfVc)
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 12, 2026 01:12 AM (DwqWV)
The caribou moss greens are a nice touch.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 01:14 AM (utfVc)
Course rules state you must wait for both bears and moose to clear the course before you tee off. That's a wise choice, I would say.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 12, 2026 01:18 AM (DwqWV)
Posted by: PabloD at April 12, 2026 01:19 AM (8sD0/)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 12, 2026 01:24 AM (mPiP0)
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 01:24 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Case at April 12, 2026 01:24 AM (pvf3X)
Guess anything is possible, but I don't think the Dems would open up a competitive seat for *any* reason. So, extremely unlikely, to me.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2026 01:02 AM (U/Byj)
Maybe "the Dems" wouldn't, but Katie Porter comes across as a demi-tarded psychopath who would butcher her own mom alive, just to have a nice fresh femur to beat her opponents with. I rate the rumor "plausible," since *anything* is possible with that loose
Posted by: SciVo at April 12, 2026 01:25 AM (Sy6m/)
An option with less risk of messiness (seize Chinese-flagged ships?) has also always been available - mine Iran's ports. Can be done in a day (by air, and in some cases submarine), they are helpless to counter it, and it would instantly end all seaborne trade for them.
An ideal solution would be forcing the freedom of navigation issue, and then suppressing any Iranian effort to interfere. The Gulfies could participate in this to some extent, which would be a good prelude to a post-lunatic Iran era for the region.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2026 01:25 AM (U/Byj)
If I was a citizen of Iran I would get the hell out of there. Trouble is nobody wants them in their country. Well nobody except the Democrats here. But Trump wouldn't let them in.
Posted by: Case
Dignity Act
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 12, 2026 01:27 AM (Cqx++)
Apparently now there's a hilarious redneck-forensics effort to ID Gallegos as the guy in the video via the shoes. He's an athletic shoe geek (for "fashion", as he's clearly no athlete), and some think they see one of his favorite types in the video.
It's like the Zapruder film, except nobody gets killed and everyone's retarded.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2026 01:28 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: tcn in AK
That's perfect!
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Now I want to see a bunch of stores like that in repurposed Pizza Huts. Golf equipment sold at the pizza putt. Hairstyling done at the pizza cut.
Posted by: mikeski at April 12, 2026 01:29 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2026 01:31 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: mikeski
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Ooooh! I can hardly wait!.... Pizza Butt!
Posted by: Mayo Pete Bootplug at April 12, 2026 01:35 AM (rdVOm)
Teresa, I am glad that you had fun at the concert.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 12, 2026 01:36 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: mikeski at April 12, 2026 01:29 AM (VHUov)
Brothel at the Pizza Slut.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 01:36 AM (utfVc)
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)
Another funny space toilet thing from splashdown night. I watched it live on NASA's stream, but then watched the re-run's of FOX's coverage. From Laura to Hannidiot, they had quite a few astronauts on as guests. Hannity managed to get Charlie Duke (who is 90) on. The toilet thing came up, and Charlie told a story of when he splashed back down after Apollo 16.
They got them all back on the carrier and he was able to shower and shave and clean up and all that. By the time he was all cleaned up and feeling fresh, they had hoisted the capsule into the hangar deck, and he went back inside to fetch some of his stuff.
He said the smell was so bad he gagged and he could hardly stay in there. Hannity didn't understand why it would stink, asking was it a "burned smell" for the heat. Charlie explained, no it was us....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 12, 2026 01:39 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: SciVo at April 12, 2026 01:39 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 12, 2026 01:40 AM (0nHVk)
Thing is, I am not sure that the restaurant was "retrofitted" - it has ALWAYS looked like that! 😂😂😂
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 12, 2026 01:42 AM (DKntB)
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)
1. Psychotherapist
2. Massage parlor
3. Literally the food
Posted by: SciVo
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One-stop shop, with 3 different entrances/sections?
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 01:45 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 01:46 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)
They eventually tore it down, but it was a fun place to go to eat while it was there!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 12, 2026 01:47 AM (DKntB)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2026 01:48 AM (utfVc)
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 01:51 AM (rdVOm)
"Dignity Act."
To hell with that. Maybe they can make a deal with Mongolia.
Posted by: Case at April 12, 2026 01:52 AM (pvf3X)
"Dignity Act."
To hell with that. Maybe they can make a deal with Mongolia.
Posted by: Case at April 12, 2026 01:52 AM (pvf3X)
Congress has no dignity, so how do they think they can pass a dignity act?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 12, 2026 01:57 AM (S/Y4j)
https://tinyurl.com/y4vuyjrn
Trust me, honey, you don't need the green hair to make men stay away. Really. I promise.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 12, 2026 01:57 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 02:01 AM (rdVOm)
If they really wanna do "classic", they need to bring back those hard transparent frosted red glasses.
Me, I stopped eating there when a group of Pakis bought the local franchise decades ago... just didn't trust them to properly care for unclean meats like Canadian bacon and so on. Just seemed kinda weird, like Mormons buying a bar, or nuns buying a strip joint.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 12, 2026 02:02 AM (IG3/x)
There are few fast-food places I go, and rarely. Only for hubby, because the institutional crap at his nursing home is so BLEH! Their "cook" must have no conscience, or undeveloped tastebuds, or...? I'd fire the dietician if I could.
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 02:08 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 02:17 AM (rdVOm)
JQ, I am pretty sure that is their marinara sauce, it tastes awful, hubs pretty much only wanted to eat sandwiches.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 12, 2026 02:28 AM (0nHVk)
How's your brother doing now, Debby? Hope he's adjusting to his new place.
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 12, 2026 02:41 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 02:43 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 02:45 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 12, 2026 02:46 AM (Y+4g7)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 12, 2026 01:08 AM (vl6og)
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Or J.D. can tell them where to go just like his Mamaw used to.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 12, 2026 02:50 AM (Y+4g7)
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Glad to hear that, Debby! Hubby had a tough time at first, and kept trying to 'escape' so they put an ankle bracelet on him, to trigger door alarm. (which he cut off, using a butter knife-- so now he can't have one any more!) Then they put the device on his wheelchair instead.
He still gets out sometimes, but they catch him right away, LOL. He just wants to go out for a cig. It *is* allowed, but only if he is supervised, and they will only do that at certain times. I take him out after lunch every day, and he usually smokes 2 at that time. Then I help him back into bed for tv and a nap.
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 02:53 AM (rdVOm)
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Missing Nuclear Official Becomes TENTH Person Tied to US Secrets
https://tinyurl.com/mnubhfcc
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 12, 2026 02:57 AM (X+xvk)
He's smitten with the new, young CNA. She's bubbly and friendly, hasn't burned out yet. It's sweet, the way they interact.
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 03:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 12, 2026 03:13 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 03:16 AM (rdVOm)
I think it is time for me to get horizontal. Sweet dreams Horde.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 12, 2026 03:17 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 03:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 03:26 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 03:16 AM (rdVOm)
Doing good. Jam session is over and was about to pour a night cap.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 12, 2026 03:28 AM (snZF9)
Thinkin' about digging up those roadside bottles? (That's a real hoot, btw.)
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 03:32 AM (rdVOm)
Thinkin' about digging up those roadside bottles? (That's a real hoot, btw.)
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 03:32 AM (rdVOm)
yeah well the JD bottle only has a few shots out of it, so its going to be around for a while. I don't know where those bottles are buried. The 2 dudes that buried them are both dead and took the secret with them. Its better they stay buried anyway.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 12, 2026 03:38 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 03:44 AM (rdVOm)
NASA is now dropping a few of the high resolution pictures from the lunar flyby. Here's one of earthset that's just cool:
https://is.gd/CDkNJZ
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 12, 2026 03:45 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2026 03:46 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: RandomDave at April 12, 2026 04:14 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 04:34 AM (fNISR)
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 04:38 AM (fNISR)
Saturday Evening Movie Thread [moviegique]:
Halloween: 3, Moviegoers: 0
I kid the third entry in the Halloween series. Because it's awful. But as it's one of Darcy The Mail Girl's favorite movies, and she got to program Friday night for The Drive-In Jamboree, we all watched it together with director Tommy Lee Wallace and stars Tom Atkins and Stacey Nelkin on stage. Allowing for a little too dim a projection—the Jamboree had a lot of technical difficulties—it was basically the best possible circumstance to watch Halloween 3: Season of the Witch. Rather amusingly, Drive-In Producer Austin Jennings had prepared a supercut of all the times Joe Bob had trashed this movie, which was fun with everyone there and a pro-H3 audience. Did I say "all"? Apparently, it was a mere fraction of the times he had done it. Because, again, it's just not a very good movie. If we're being honest, the crowd was still just barely over 50/50 thumbs-up/thumbs-down, and that's with a strongly pro-Tommy Lee, pro-Tom Atkins, pro-Stacy Nelkin, pro-Darcy audience.
"Hello, England? You remember that lintel from Stonehenge you were looking for? Yeah, it's here in California. I don't know how they got it here in three days! You'll never believe what they're doing with it!"
But let's go over the whole thing to see if we can't appreciate the whole thing, what works and what doesn't. There is a whole lot of good here, admittedly, and it's worth watching just for the good and fun parts. I don't think it makes up for the bad because the bad is pretty fundamental. For example, this is not, for the most part, a scary movie, not a spooky movie, not a very Halloween feeling movie. And that's hard to overcome when you're calling yourself Halloween 3.
First, the best thing about Halloween 3 is the meta-premise: Rather than making the same movie over and over again, let's use the franchise to tell a new story every time. ("American Horror Story" uses this premise for its show and it sucks, but the premise of theming each season differently is something good about it. Heck, you could argue that Chris Guest's mockumentaries are along similar lines: Same kind of humor, same repertory company, different theme each time, and that works really well.) Second, the premise itself is...I don't know if it's good, but it's certainly bold. The idea that the world's children are imperiled? You're playing with fire; people don't want to see kids get hurt in their dumb Halloween movie. (Horror movies where children are injured or killed tend to be more "serious" and not very fun.) That said, Wallace does a really good job here. The harm to the children is obscured, implicitly horrifying without showing a lot of suffering. Third, it's all very competently executed. Dan O'Herlilhy is a standout as the big bad, but Atkins and Nelkin are charming and have good chemistry (which is ironic given how their first scene together was the sex scene, and they had not met prior). The camerawork, although reminiscent of a TV cop show, has some very nice moments. The effects are effective!
Director: "Stacey, Tom. Tom, Stacey. Get nekkid."
I said "Television! Not cable! Who watches cable in 1981?"
You know how they say television rots your brain?
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:39 PM (Ia/+0)
I actually have a review of "Project Hail Mary" that I hadn't put images in. And "The French Connection".
What can I say? This had images. They all point to my site, of course. But maybe I can figure out how to fix that later.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:39 PM (/d4WW)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 11, 2026 07:39 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 11, 2026 07:40 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:40 PM (/d4WW)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 07:41 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 11, 2026 07:42 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 11, 2026 07:43 PM (0aYVJ)
Dammit. OK, I'm going to fix. Hopefully this won't nuke the comments.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:44 PM (/d4WW)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 07:45 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:45 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2026 07:45 PM (NArJc)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:45 PM (Ia/+0)
Well, you get two breasts, IIRC. It's pretty dim lighting. A fair amount of blood. Stonehenge fu... Bug fu...
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:47 PM (/d4WW)
Tom Atkins had one of the great lines in the B movie classic Night of the Creeps . "Ladies your boyfriends are back. And they're dead".
As I recall Stacey Nelkin was involved with Woody Allen when she was underage. Pretty lady, when of age, of course
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 11, 2026 07:47 PM (BfZBZ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 11, 2026 07:48 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 11, 2026 07:48 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:40 PM (/d4WW)
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What movie would you sacrifice to appease the Horned God?
I nominate "Prometheus" to be staked inside a clearing and smeared with theater popcorn butter.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 07:48 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 11, 2026 07:49 PM (+89TD)
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Perhaps we can cleanse the Earth of this troublesome film.
OK, gonna try to fix everything.
See you on the other side!
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:52 PM (/d4WW)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 07:52 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2026 07:52 PM (mhVc4)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:53 PM (/d4WW)
Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2026 07:53 PM (mhVc4)
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Hey, I loved "The Wicker Man". I did my part!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 07:53 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:54 PM (/d4WW)
Cracked me the freak up.
Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2026 07:54 PM (mhVc4)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 07:55 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 07:55 PM (kpS4V)
A couple stand outs in last couple weeks.
Warsaw 44 a Polish movie about the Home Polish Army uprising which get squashed by a German army and a Russian army who let the Germans destroy them.
1944 is a Estonian movie about Estonians on both sides, Germans and Russian.
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:56 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:56 PM (/d4WW)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 11, 2026 07:57 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 07:58 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 07:52 PM (El6/E)
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With quality writing--and that's essential--I could see a Halloween franchise where each movie in the franchise explores different subgenres of horror, leading up to a final genre mashup like The Cabin in the Woods at the very end.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 07:59 PM (gnNyN)
Tom atkins reaches full parody by night of the creeps
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 07:59 PM (bXbFr)
It begins in the 1950's and I was immediately taken out of the movie when Marty tells a coworker that his father's ambition "is in his DNA". Nobody said that phrase for a couple decades. This is what happens when young(ish) writers don't have old folks checking their dialog.
Still, glad I stuck it out. After making many self-sabotaging decisions, he ultimately triumphs, especially in the final few minutes. Chalamet is a good actor.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 07:59 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 11, 2026 08:00 PM (gKWVE)
Dubbed but has been pretty good
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 08:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:00 PM (bXbFr)
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I've been hearing stuff like that more often lately too, and reading it in books. Meanwhile I'm told readers/viewers are fanatical about the attention to historical detail. Not so much, I guess.
I had to sacrifice when I rewrote "Lair of the White Worm". "Spelunking" is a strictly American term that rose in the mid-20th century and fell out of favor in the '90s. Can't use it in a book set in London in 1888. :'-(
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:03 PM (/d4WW)
Worst movie I ever saw were Pink Panther sequels.
Posted by: Accomack at April 11, 2026 08:03 PM (m6Eem)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 08:04 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:04 PM (bXbFr)
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It's quite a journey from "Soldier of Orange" to "Showgirls", but Verhoeven managed.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:04 PM (/d4WW)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 08:04 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: wth at April 11, 2026 08:06 PM (UjdFS)
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But not scary. I think that's the #1 problem. It plays like a police procedural almost. And Tom Atkins is a doctor! lol
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42 I wonder, are movies like Sinners and Hail Mary really that great or are they as great as the usual good stuff back in the day, but just stand out so much because of an ocean of crap?
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The latter. "Project Hail Mary" is good with some excellent parts, but it would be run-of-the-mill in the '80s-'90s. Still good, but what you'd expect as opposed to "OMG IT'S THE BEST MOVIE EVER."
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:06 PM (/d4WW)
One of my pet peeves are modernisms in period books. It is harder and harder as time goes on to remember what goes when, so for example I might drop one into a story set in the 1980s despite growing up then. Stories set in the distant past are easier to control terms in, but sometimes they slip in anyway.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 08:06 PM (El6/E)
Apparently it was a Producers situation where everyone involved thought it was going to be a dog, so just ran with it, expecting the tax writeoff. But audiences liked it (well, liked watching it) enough that it got a theatrical release.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 11, 2026 08:07 PM (gKWVE)
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He appeared in one of the Indie shorts they showed that year, based on the Polybius legend, and honestly he was great. 85+ and still had it.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:07 PM (/d4WW)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:08 PM (bXbFr)
I have seen some of Verhoven's early work and its... not my cup of tea, let us say. It looks super standard euro movie from the time period to me, with extra gay. I do have to give him Robocop, though. He was just the right guy for that project.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 08:09 PM (El6/E)
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How. DARE. You sir! It is perfection as it is!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 08:10 PM (kpS4V)
The movie was "Beyond the Ring," about an MMA guy who needs money his kid's surgery. So, the guy's 'friend' convinces him to compete in an illegal underground fighting competition, and even provides a trainer to help him get back into condition. Then twist happens, when the 'friend' is revealed to be betting against the protagonist, and has instructed the trainer to condition him the wrong way. That might have been clever, if they hadn't already established that the guy the hero was fighting was an absolute beast, so dominant that fans were starting to get bored with him winning so much. The hero was already an underdog, and now he was undermined. the villain rigged the fight so he could bet on the odds-on favorite and win....probably not even enough to cover the expense of the saboteur/trainer.
And the hero never realized he was betrayed. Some people just don't understand how movies are supposed to work...
Posted by: Castle Guy at April 11, 2026 08:10 PM (Lhaco)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 11, 2026 08:11 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:11 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 11, 2026 08:12 PM (/+uur)
I very much related to the way which the horror on that movie was subtle, yet pervasive. The greatest horror of all is suddenly realizing that everyone in your society - the men, the women, even the children are quietly united against you. Only when you realize that do you realize that you have no chance at all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 08:13 PM (txiLK)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:15 PM (bXbFr)
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Jim "Popatopolis" Wynorski's debut feature. His sophomore effort was "Chopping Mall," which is something of a classic. He's directed over 100 movies since then, like "The Bare Wench Project," "Busty Cops" and "Busty Cops II", as well as "The House on Hooter Hill."
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:15 PM (/d4WW)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:16 PM (/d4WW)
The original H3 script was probably excellent.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 11, 2026 08:16 PM (CHHv1)
It... wasn't good. Although it's always nice to see Julia Strain.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 11, 2026 08:16 PM (gKWVE)
The Wade Show With Wade, "Network TV Is a Parallel Universe":
https://tinyurl.com/3r6b2hub
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 08:17 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 07:52 PM (El6/E)
That may have been a good concept, if the first movie hadn't created one of the most iconic horror-movie-icons ever. (And I say that as someone who also doesn't enjoy the horror genre.) Fan expectations prevented the franchise from ever escaping the shadow of its signature character...
Posted by: Castle Guy at April 11, 2026 08:18 PM (Lhaco)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:18 PM (/d4WW)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:15 PM (/d4WW)
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Surely Ace has the Criterion Collection.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 08:19 PM (kpS4V)
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Perhaps we can cleanse the Earth of this troublesome film
I watched it last week and didn't think it was that bad. Aside from the chick forbidding guns when they explore the strange planet.
Keep in mind, since Prometheus sci-fi has been woke Star Wars, Doctor Who and Star Trek.
I saw Halloween 1 and it was pretty good for it's time.
Just finished all of Romero's 'Night of the Dead' films. Liked those.
'Evil Dead' films were good. The 3 Campbell ones were fun. I have the second scary one to watch in a few minutes.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 08:19 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 08:20 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 11, 2026 08:20 PM (q3u5l)
I very much related to the way which the horror on that movie was subtle, yet pervasive. The greatest horror of all is suddenly realizing that everyone in your society - the men, the women, even the children are quietly united against you. Only when you realize that do you realize that you have no chance at all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026
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The dance scene with Britt Ekland would have been almost as sensual if she'd been clothed; the music alone was hypnotic. And I really thought Edward Woodward was a Scots actor; his dialect was so much better than you usually get in TV and movies.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 08:20 PM (wzUl9)
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The late, lamented.
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That may have been a good concept, if the first movie hadn't created one of the most iconic horror-movie-icons ever. (And I say that as someone who also doesn't enjoy the horror genre.) Fan expectations prevented the franchise from ever escaping the shadow of its signature character...
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Joe Bob Briggs' argument is that what was called "Halloween 2" should've been this movie, what we call "Halloween 3: Season of the Witch".
The Michael Meyers film should've been something else, "Michael Meyers: First Halloween Part II" or something. That way you could keep the franchise going in both directions.
My feeling is that the problem with H3 is that it sucks. If it didn't suck, it might have done better (maybe), and they could've branched anyway.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:21 PM (/d4WW)
I very much related to the way which the horror on that movie was subtle, yet pervasive. The greatest horror of all is suddenly realizing that everyone in your society - the men, the women, even the children are quietly united against you. Only when you realize that do you realize that you have no chance at all.
Posted by: Tom Servo
Yep! It's a subtle, creepy, weird little movie. The entire movie is just a bit off but you can't quite figure out why until the end. I loved it!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 08:22 PM (gcUgZ)
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Catholic School Girls In Trouble!
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The dance scene with Britt Ekland would have been almost as sensual if she'd been clothed
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And it would've been HER if she was clothed. She got so tired of signing pictures of another actress ass, she finally just said she wished it WAS hers.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:23 PM (/d4WW)
42 I wonder, are movies like Sinners and Hail Mary really that great or are they as great as the usual good stuff back in the day, but just stand out so much because of an ocean of crap?”
That’s similar to a theory I have about Sydney Sweeney. She appears to be one of the top talents now, but I think both in looks and ability she’d be very average for late 50’s / early 60’s Hollywood, she might have ended up doing Roger Corman movies.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 08:23 PM (txiLK)
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Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 08:25 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 08:19 PM (Sco7b)
Be smart. Shop S-art.
Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2026 08:26 PM (LHPAg)
The original H3 script was probably excellent.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 11, 2026
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Kneale had this superb ability to reach into your subconscious and tweak it. Quatermass and the Pit is dynamite stuff.
IMDb mentions he also wrote or co-wrote dramas like Damn the Defiant!, Look Back in Anger, and The Entertainer w/ Laurence Olivier.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 08:27 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 07:40 PM (/d4WW)
That would be "nearly Beltain"
So we drive the cattle out between fires.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 08:28 PM (rbvCR)
Yeah I mean she's cute, but she's not stunning. but she's one of the few blonde* white girls who is just fine being a cute girl which makes her stand out these days. She'd be a TV movie girl in the 80s.
*when asked if she was upset at being considered a blonde bimbo with big tits, she responded "that's ridiculous, I'm a brunette"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 08:28 PM (El6/E)
that is the flaw. I mean it would have been really poorly received either way, but would have had a better cult film reputation if it was better done. People wanted to see more of the immortal guy in a William Shatner mask carving people up, for whatever reason.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 08:30 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
Yep. David Lean could do an epics very well. Except for 'Ryan's Daughter'. Beautiful movie, great cinematography, horrible story. It's frustrating in that way. Julie Christie was gorgeous.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 08:30 PM (gcUgZ)
Movie puts me to sleep before the opening credits are run. I love it.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 08:30 PM (yAteE)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026
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The Bare Wench Project is a title worthy of Horde punnery.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 08:30 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 11, 2026 08:32 PM (q3u5l)
See hottest young ladies from say 80s go . Depends on lots of factors.
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 08:34 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 08:34 PM (kpS4V)
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I saw it New Year's Eve, or Dec 30. It's amazing.
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Yeah I mean she's cute, but she's not stunning. but she's one of the few blonde* white girls who is just fine being a cute girl which makes her stand out these days. She'd be a TV movie girl in the 80s.
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Early Perry Mason featured three of her every episode.
What she has that no other big-name starlet working today has is, you don't think she's going to tell you how awful you are for liking her looks.
(Or at least I don't think so. She might to a heel turn at 38.)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:34 PM (/d4WW)
youtube.com/watch?v=8WnjnBzgox0
"The Yards" (2000) This was before Marky Mark learned how to act, but it's still a tiny bit better than the 50% RT popcorn rating might suggest.
Posted by: gp at April 11, 2026 08:35 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2026 08:26 PM (LHPAg)
Lol.
The Sadness - 2023 - China - was a great zombie movie with an interesting twist. Great effects and characters.
Crazy Old Lady - Argentina - 2025 - another nice horror movie and also kind of sad.
HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN!!! - Damn that was a great movie. I saw it was filmed in Nova Scotia Canada and was sad. But dang, it turned into a nice messed up, bloody movie. And actually touching. 2011
Bone Tomahwak was supposed to be a horror - western. It was mainly a western. Townsfolk kidnapped, rescue party goes to find them. Fantastic characters. Very enjoyable movie.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 08:35 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:36 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:37 PM (bXbFr)
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Other titles in the Wynorski oeuvre: "Bigfoot or Bust", "Busty Coeds vs. Lusty Cheerleaders," "The Hills Have Thighs," "The Breastford Wives," "The Bare Wench Project 2: Scared Topless" and, lest you think Mr. W hasn't updated with the times, "Attack of the 50 Foot Camgirl."
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:37 PM (/d4WW)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:38 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 08:38 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 08:38 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:40 PM (bXbFr)
youtube.com/watch?v=tCWU0iH3XZg
Posted by: gp at April 11, 2026 08:40 PM (N8ZBc)
Movie puts me to sleep before the opening credits are run. I love it.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 08:30 PM (yAteE
I have Starfleet Academy on my DVR for the same reason.
My beef with "Prometheus" is that these top minds all act so stupidly. Like, teens in a horror movie stupid.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 08:34 PM (kpS4V
Yeah, agreed. On a planetary exploration mission, you'd like the crew to be professional and not a bunch of dickheads. The 'leave the guns here' thing though was priceless.
But sadly, the best sci-fi show in the last 20 years or so for me was DisneyChannels "Gabby Duran and the Unsittables." They had cool takes on shapeshifters and telepaths. Kids show but it was fun with no messaging.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 08:41 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 08:41 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 11, 2026 07:49 PM (+89TD)
FWIW, it used to be that Turbo Tax and the other online systems will file for you federally for free, but they require payment to file state taxes, which has led to a lot of heartache when the states send out those "Love Letters" for failure to file and the taxpayer was expecting a refund.
(so get a screencap of the state form and make sure to mail that one in)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 08:41 PM (rbvCR)
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That was one of those movies where people were, like, "Yeah, the disaster thing is over."
"The Swarm" (197
is another.
The actual death blow was the Paul Newman/Jacqueline Bisset volcano flick "When Time Ran Out."
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:41 PM (/d4WW)
People say insulting things about her and she flips them off in a "who cares" way. Then goes on about her business making money.
Posted by: Case at April 11, 2026 08:41 PM (pvf3X)
It's good horror. Good horror shows you that it is NOT going to be all right. It shows how powerless logic and science are.
I'm not saying there isn't cheese here, you can legitimately enjoy it as a 'so bad its good' movie but there is a core of conspiracy and secret cults that I find very pleasing.
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Posted by: gp at April 11, 2026 08:42 PM (N8ZBc)
Oh, wait, I said that wrong - I meant "murderous rage," not "patriotism."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2026 08:43 PM (BI5O2)
I know noah hawley is a misanthrope
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:43 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 08:43 PM (El6/E)
I've never been a fan of Shirley's kid movies. Too cutesy. When she grew up and became a lovely teenager, that was different. But apparently the viewing public in the '40s-'50s didn't take to her as an adult actress for some reason.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 08:46 PM (wzUl9)
Also weston was running out of good villains
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:46 PM (bXbFr)
No sir, I don't like it.
youtube.com/watch?v=cDGlN6mluGA
Posted by: Mister Horse at April 11, 2026 08:46 PM (N8ZBc)
For someone who started out in the blair witch sequel, that was a thing jeffrey donovan did pretty well for himself
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:47 PM (bXbFr)
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You're wrong!
No, I mean, that is your prerogative, obviously, and it's definitely a "cult classic". And I can get behind magic, illogic, and the powerlessness of science.
But the incredibly brilliant blue skies, the car chases, the lame "Also, we build androids!" plot...IDK, just dispels any possibility of horror for me.
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Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:48 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 11, 2026 08:49 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:49 PM (bXbFr)
(so get a screencap of the state form and make sure to mail that one in)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026
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My state tax is not due until 5/15, but I filled out the form and mailed it in early for my (miniscule) refund. If I'd owed them money, I'd have waited until 5/12 to send it.
Until I checked the deductions section, I'd thought I was going to owe them about a thou. Fortunately, knowing this state does not tax SS, I dug into the form instructions and found what I needed.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 08:50 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:51 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: gp at April 11, 2026 08:42 PM (N8ZBc)
I like Bone Tomahawk but I always recommend The Missing over it.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 08:51 PM (V4IXI)
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Catholic School Girls In Trouble!
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Catholic School Girls Are Trouble!
--- Confucious
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 11, 2026 08:51 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:52 PM (bXbFr)
No, I mean, that is your prerogative, obviously, and it's definitely a "cult classic". And I can get behind magic, illogic, and the powerlessness of science.
But the incredibly brilliant blue skies, the car chases, the lame "Also, we build androids!" plot...IDK, just dispels any possibility of horror for me.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:48 PM (/d4WW)
I liked the blue skies. For me its like...Halloween 3 is setting itself up to be some sort of detective movie with the manly hero but the deeper he digs, the weirder things get and he simply...can't stop the evil. Silver Shamrock wins and the bad guy does it all because he simply IS evil. No tortured backstory, he's not insane, he's not possessed. He's chosen evil.
The movie has flaws but I get on its wavelength and I appreciate it. The whole is greater than the sum of its plotholes.
And it doesn't have characters acting like idiots, ala Prometheus. God, I hate that movie.
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Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 08:53 PM (txiLK)
Posted by: gp at April 11, 2026 08:53 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2026 08:54 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:52 PM (bXbFr)
Spy agencies recruit and create very morally bankrupt people. That's why they need to be dismantled.
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Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026
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My local MeTV channel has pre-empted him for coverage of the rodeo in the Superdome.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 08:55 PM (wzUl9)
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Doesn't it?
Is there any point at which Tom Atkins actually seems like/acts like a doctor? He runs around investigating crimes in this small California town that strangely has a hospital like County General.
But, look, I like "Dead People". So there's my answer to the whole "taste" thing. And "Carnival of Souls".
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:56 PM (/d4WW)
--- Confucious
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 11, 2026
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I've dated several, and married one. Concur.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 08:56 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:57 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:58 PM (bXbFr)
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That was day TWO of the Jamboree back in 2022. That's another flick with a great backstory.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:58 PM (/d4WW)
The thing is that sort of villainy (o herlihy isnt twisting mustaches) is refreshing
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:59 PM (bXbFr)
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Doesn't it?
Is there any point at which Tom Atkins actually seems like/acts like a doctor? He runs around investigating crimes in this small California town that strangely has a hospital like County General.
But, look, I like "Dead People". So there's my answer to the whole "taste" thing. And "Carnival of Souls".
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:56 PM (/d4WW)
I like Carnival of Souls too. Very moody and spooky.
He doesn't act like a doctor, but he acts. He's more a detective and that's how I take him. It feels like the way he enters into the story is random but leaving aside his doctor duties, he discovers something really strange and it hooks him. (and it hooks me) He goes after it, working deeper. There's a real Lovecraftian vibe here where you might find a doctor doing an investigation, only we're in sunny California, not moody New England in the 1920's. So we don't expect to find monsters or magic, or druids. But we do and the deeper he goes, the less connection to the world of science and medicine. Again, I dig that.
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Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 08:59 PM (bXbFr)
This
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Oh, is that what all the stupid "halfway to halloween" stuff is?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 11, 2026 09:00 PM (C0Nlv)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 09:01 PM (bXbFr)
When you get to the end, you realize that it doesn’t matter at all which version you wish to believe; it doesn’t change the story as told either way.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 09:03 PM (txiLK)
Going to bed. No nightmares, thank you.
Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2026 09:03 PM (LHPAg)
John Ford hated working with child actors, but Shirley Temple won him over with her professionalism.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 09:03 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 08:56 PM (/d4WW)
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I love Carnival's waking dreamscape feeling.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 09:04 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 09:04 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 09:04 PM (V4IXI)
Who nearly stole the original oceans 11 from the cast as wiley gangster duke santos
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 11, 2026 09:05 PM (bXbFr)
Bubba Ho Tep is just one of a whole bunch of terrific stories by Joe Lansdale, who also gave us Hap & Leonard. Some of his stories have been adapted for series like Creepshow, Masters of Horror, and Love Death & Robots, and more of them should be. If you get a chance, check out four monster volumes of Lansdale's short fiction: Wet Juju, Cosmic Interruptions, Gothic Wounds, and Blood in the Gears. Tons of good reading in there, and enough to keep a Lansdale anthology series a la Bradbury Theater going for years.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 11, 2026 09:06 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 09:07 PM (wzUl9)
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Posted by: RI Red at April 11, 2026 09:08 PM (iB8Z+)
Bubba Ho Tep is just one of a whole bunch of terrific stories by Joe Lansdale, who also gave us Hap & Leonard. Some of his stories have been adapted for series like Creepshow, Masters of Horror, and Love Death & Robots, and more of them should be. If you get a chance, check out four monster volumes of Lansdale's short fiction: Wet Juju, Cosmic Interruptions, Gothic Wounds, and Blood in the Gears. Tons of good reading in there, and enough to keep a Lansdale anthology series a la Bradbury Theater going for years.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 11, 2026
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I've read a couple of the Hap & Leonard stories. I did not know Lansdale had short fiction collections out there.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 09:08 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 11, 2026 08:54 PM (xcxpd)
That would leave us at a huge disadvantage.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 09:13 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 09:13 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 08:25 PM (ndZc7)
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I just finished this one, this afternoon, actually. I had never seen it. It was wonderful.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 11, 2026 09:15 PM (0aYVJ)
Yep, Lansdale's got quite few collections out there. One of the more recent is The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale (which includes Bubba Ho Tep and a lot of nifty others). Worth a look.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 11, 2026 09:15 PM (q3u5l)
*flag waves*
*eagle keens*
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2026 09:16 PM (BI5O2)
Along comes Don Coscarelli, of Phantasm/Beastmaster fame and...
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Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 09:16 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 11, 2026 09:17 PM (hJH5n)
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April 30/May 1, right? I can never remember the other three big nights in the witch world, after Halloween. I'd guess the other two are July 31/August 1, and Jan. 31/Feb. 1?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 09:19 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 11, 2026 09:19 PM (q3u5l)
Shirley Temple did well when she got older (super pretty), "Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer" was popular and made good money. She just married a nice guy and decided she didn't want to act any more from what I understand. Good for her. When she was that itty girl with the dimples, some producer whipped out his dong and propositioned her, she giggled at him and ran away. Nobody needs to live in that sewage.
And Bubba Ho-Tep is two thumbs up.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 09:21 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 09:21 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: gp at April 11, 2026 09:22 PM (N8ZBc)
Dr Strange MOM did the same thing to Sam as Spider-Man 3: producer notes buried his original vision, but even more so this time. You would have thought he had learned his lesson last time, but no he tried again.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 09:23 PM (El6/E)
Book's better! I know, cliche, but it really is. Still, great movie.
These days it would be a heroic tale of a British officer trying to prevent the Americans from committing a war crime by destroying a bridge though.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 09:24 PM (El6/E)
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April 30/May 1st, yes. I don't really know witchy stuff tbh.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 11, 2026 09:25 PM (/d4WW)
Have a good one, gang.
And lotsa thumbs up for Bridge Too Far and Dr Zhivago.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 11, 2026 09:27 PM (q3u5l)
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April 30/May 1st, yes. I don't really know witchy stuff tbh.
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Well, it was the original Gaelic stuff. Nowadays you only hear about it in connection with Wiccans.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 09:28 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: gp at April 11, 2026 09:22 PM (N8ZBc)
Great movie.
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And served as an Ambassador for Presidents Ford and Bush. Possibly Reagan. For Ford, she was Ambassador to Ghana. For Bush XLI she was Ambassador to Czechoslovakia.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 11, 2026 09:32 PM (hJH5n)
Don't eat too much popcorn and have a good night
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If you expect affairs of state to be performed by saints, you are screwed.
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Posted by: Lex at April 11, 2026 09:35 PM (y4H1r)
The available labor pool of very morally bankrupt people is vast.
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Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 09:36 PM (wzUl9)
People like familiar things, even (perhaps especially) in horror movies. That's the central concept of The Cabin in the Woods.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 11, 2026 09:37 PM (UmGiD)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 11, 2026 09:38 PM (XV/Pl)
I never saw the French version of the novel on which it's based, "The Wages of Fear", but the 1960 American movie "Violent Road" is also good.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 09:39 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: fd at April 11, 2026 09:40 PM (vFG9F)
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This is a bit like saying Delta Force recruits and creates highly focused men who disregard the moral imperative most of us feel to not unflinchingly smoke-check the bad guys, therefore they should be dismantled.
I'll pass. I'd rather have those guys out there.
Intelligence gathering is an admittedly morally-ambiguous place that requires people to lie and deceive on behalf of (hopefully) their country, but that's part of warfighting.
Posted by: ballistic at April 11, 2026 09:41 PM (oqH4h)
I mainly remember James for his regular role in Marcus Welby M.D. beginning in '69.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 09:41 PM (wzUl9)
>>I'm watching "The Car". Whatever makes a movie bad, this one has got it.
I bet a Queen soundtrack could elevate it to at least passable.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 11, 2026 09:42 PM (XV/Pl)
Some really great helicopter stunts in that though
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 09:44 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 09:44 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: fd at April 11, 2026 09:46 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Thomas Bender"
I'm not sure how "I'm I Love With My Car" would work in this movie.
That song does have one of my all time favorite lyrics though.
Told my girl
I had to forget her
Had to buy
a new carb-u-reter
Posted by: fd at April 11, 2026 09:49 PM (vFG9F)
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That ineffable something that makes one movie stink and "Killdozer" a classic in the possessed car genre.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 09:50 PM (kpS4V)
Dagnabbit, 2003 was NOT a long time ago, I tell you. It's just...not...
Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2026 09:51 PM (11fyI)
Posted by: Lex at April 11, 2026 09:54 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: Robert at April 11, 2026 09:54 PM (11fyI)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2026 09:55 PM (BI5O2)
I thought it was a little disappointing.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books!) at April 11, 2026 09:57 PM (lpWi1)
Posted by: mindful webworker - directly at April 11, 2026 09:58 PM (C2uPD)
My little daughter loves The Car. "Let's watch the creepy car!" she says.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
I would totes make one of those franken supercars my daily driver. The horn would be used excessively. Pinky swearsies.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 11, 2026 09:58 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books!) at April 11, 2026 10:01 PM (lpWi1)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 10:02 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books!) at April 11, 2026 10:01 PM (lpWi1)
'Night.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 11, 2026 10:05 PM (0aYVJ)
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Hobby Thread - April 11, 2026 [TRex]
Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. It is that time of the year, a spin of the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) came up with paper folding as a theme for this Hobby Thread.
Paper folding? Yes. Read further...Also me: Who wanted a stupid folded paper flower anyway?
In the 7th century, Japan mastered the technique of paper-making and developed the recipe for washi paper, a thin but durable material that became one of the staples of Japanese art. It was used for calligraphy, woodblock printing, clothes making (proper washi is hard to tear and resistant to moisture), and even restoration and conservation. Thin pieces of washi paper are used to restore old books, artworks on paper, and paintings. During World War II, the Japanese forces used washi paper as the base material for balloon bombs. However, one of the most famous applications of washi paper is origami. Initially, origami existed in a much simpler form and was associated with specific ways of wrapping gifts or temple offerings in paper. It was used for religious ceremonies and decorations and was extremely expensive. At that time, washi paper production was slow and expensive thus, the material was scarce and treasured. Origami butterflies were often presented to newlywed couples as symbols of bride and groom. The rules of folding were less strict, and the final result supposedly looked a lot different from the origami we know now.
Yoshizawa was a self-taught origami master. His skill was first noticed when he began implementing origami to teach geometry and draughtsmanship to factory employees. He used folded paper forms to explain the nuances of the draught-making process. In his book, he categorized and recorded the most common folds and actions used in origami and invented a symbol for each of them, thus making it easy to record and follow even the most complex multi-step processes. Yoshizawa is credited for reviving the origami practice and introducing it to new generations.
Words of wisdom:
"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).
If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, contribute your own. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 05:30 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: HappyFun at April 11, 2026 05:34 PM (CoQfd)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 11, 2026 05:37 PM (YYEJo)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 11, 2026 05:38 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Kratwurst at April 11, 2026 05:39 PM (CwUhY)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 05:40 PM (ndZc7)
Thanks, TRex.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 11, 2026 05:40 PM (ix8EF)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 05:41 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JTB at April 11, 2026 05:42 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 05:43 PM (Ia/+0)
Never made it to the Hobby Thread before.
I used to love the balsawood planes, especially the ones with functioning landing gears. I learned all by myself on the sidewalk in front of my house that taking off into the wind was better than taking off against it.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 11, 2026 05:44 PM (LxER7)
These origami things look fascinating, though, and if someone presented me with one as a decoration, I'd hang it or set on the mantel.
I too remember balsa wood airplane kits, but I was always more interested in the styrene plastic ones you painted and cemented together.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 05:44 PM (wzUl9)
折り紙 - origami
折り - ori: fold, pleat
紙 - kami: paper
Nope, it literally means "folded paper."
This has been your Japanese lesson for the day. Or for the hobby thread, anyway.
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 05:47 PM (VHUov)
This is from devices as simple as extruded wrenches to foldable solar arrays, furniture, and surgical mechanisms
youtu.be/CdPLzA4xIF0
Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 05:47 PM (rbvCR)
They never really lived up to the hype. Put a strong enough rubber band on them to make them really fly, and the band would bend the plane.
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 05:49 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 05:51 PM (LmPA0)
I'll bring some supplies on my trip, though I'll probably be relegated to sitting outside somewhere to smoke my pipe, or do it while walking around the area where I'm staying. There's a real tobacconist down in Wichita -- but it's a ninety-minute interstate drive away, so we'll see if I have time for that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 05:53 PM (wzUl9)
She got a good kit of papers and instructions. Two of the kids became quite enraptured doing the origami and she would let them pick a project as a reward for good behavior. (It was also a reward for her, since it guaranteed 15 minutes of quiet with butts in their seats.)
I would definitely recommend origami for anyone that has kids or grandkids that are slightly OCD. (It seems very enjoyable for them, and they eventually get very quick at making their favorite objects.)
Also good for times when kids are told to take a break from electronics!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 11, 2026 05:55 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 05:57 PM (Ia/+0)
Never made it to the Hobby Thread before.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 11, 2026 05:44 PM
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Welcome and thanks for looking in. Different theme each week. Big fun and games.
Posted by: TRex - creased dino at April 11, 2026 05:57 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 05:58 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 06:00 PM (wzUl9)
It was a simple example of a #flexagon
Posted by: Wry Mouth at April 11, 2026 06:01 PM (8PgN2)
Never made it to the Hobby Thread before.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher
Welcome and thanks for looking in. Different theme each week. Big fun and games.
Posted by: TRex - creased dino
Now next week's theme will be llama-related.
Probably not butchery; I assume TRex eats them whole.
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 06:01 PM (VHUov)
He then expanded capacity and sold them to all of the boys in his middle-school class, and a few of the girls. I think he was getting $2 a pop.
The principal eventually confiscated them after a few near misses. Whereupon, my son sold another batch of "after-school" throwing stars.
He is still an entrepreneur twenty years later ... and still slightly OCD.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 11, 2026 06:03 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Mr. Ed, Esquire at April 11, 2026 06:07 PM (vTZFs)
Never made it to the Hobby Thread before.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at April 11, 2026 05:44 PM
TRex is always looking for more content!
If you have a hobby and want him to add your content to a thread, I suspect he would be happy to receive a note. (And the Moron Horde would like to learn from your experience.)
If you are contemplating a new hobby, and want some more info before jumping in, shoot him a request. He is really quite a nice dino and may post your request in a future thread.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 11, 2026 06:07 PM (HlyYF)
He then expanded capacity and sold them to all of the boys in his middle-school class, and a few of the girls. I think he was getting $2 a pop.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 11, 2026 06:03 PM
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Impressive. I remember making paper triangles to use as mini footballs. One person would flick them towards another that made a field goal with their fingers. At some point, the challenge was less about accuracy and more about distance and volume of fire.
Posted by: TRex - paperweight dino at April 11, 2026 06:09 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2026 06:09 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: GWB at April 11, 2026 06:10 PM (5nH6u)
my favorite were biplanes. it'd buy two and make a triplane out of them.
Posted by: anachronda at April 11, 2026 06:11 PM (edU/H)
Posted by: pawn at April 11, 2026 06:12 PM (jstR0)
And origami is very fascinating. I have no experience with it but it always looks interesting.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 11, 2026 06:15 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 06:16 PM (Ia/+0)
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: pawn at April 11, 2026 06:12 PM
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Pretty sure Skip does that every weekend. Or maybe that's just planetary rather than interplanetary at this point.
Posted by: TRex - narf! dino at April 11, 2026 06:16 PM (cCn4/)
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: pawn at April 11, 2026
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For somebody born in 2214 AD, sure!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 06:17 PM (wzUl9)
Probably the best lesson wasn't about flight but learning to be careful and deliberate handling them. Quite a lesson for a five or six year old.
Posted by: JTB at April 11, 2026 06:19 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 06:23 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 11, 2026 06:23 PM (nbLIj)
I did finish converting my laptop to Linux Mint and downloaded the 73Linux suite of amateur radio programs. I think it installed correctly, but I need to test it all out.
Posted by: PabloD at April 11, 2026 06:24 PM (8sD0/)
You get to wander through massive, dwarven-carved hallways, galleries, and caverns, from the corpse of the Balrog slain by Gandalf at the top of Zirik-Zigil, to the foot of the Endless Stairs in the Nameless Depths.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 06:24 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 11, 2026 06:25 PM (0nHVk)
Posted by: TRex - ninja dino at April 11, 2026 06:26 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: TRex - ninja dino at April 11, 2026 06:26 PM (cCn4/)
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Sorry. I did get into origami a bit when I was in eighth grade. Never made it past the origami crane, though, as that's one of the easiest.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 06:29 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: TRex - ninja dino at April 11, 2026 06:26 PM (cCn4/)
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Sorry. I did get into origami a bit when I was in eighth grade. Never made it past the origami crane, though, as that's one of the easiest.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 06:29 PM (gnNyN)
Best I can do is a clay model of Perry the Platypus that Little had made a few years back...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 11, 2026 06:33 PM (nbLIj)
We have a great nephew who just turned seven. Think I'll send a note to his folks suggesting origami. If nothing else, it would be a great rainy day activity. And no sharp tools for his younger brothers to get their hands on.
Posted by: JTB at April 11, 2026 06:33 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: TRex - ninja dino at April 11, 2026 06:26 PM (cCn4/)
My friends children have made several for my late Mother and I. I keep all their art.
I see origami books at Walmart occasionally. Looks cute for kids.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 06:33 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Bob at April 11, 2026 06:36 PM (cNhbl)
I can't even remember what they were called and I'm sure I'd be hopeless at making one now.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 11, 2026 06:36 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: TRex - ninja dino
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I have one in my jewelry box. It's tiny, made of a $1 bill, given to me ~40 years ago.
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 06:37 PM (rdVOm)
I just know if I find one of the British classic car magazines, esp. their Mercedes Enthusiast, I'll wind up wanting another vintage or recent MB. Not a good plan for somebody who is not wealthy.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 06:39 PM (wzUl9)
I can't even remember what they were called and I'm sure I'd be hopeless at making one now.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
I recall the girls making those in grade school and jr high. With "romantic" fortune telling messages in them. Go through the numbers, read a thing, look at one of the cute guys in the class, giggle, repeat.
Posted by: mikeski, not one of the cute guys at April 11, 2026 06:42 PM (VHUov)
I have a paper crane in red paper with an ornamental bead. It's one of my Christmas tree ornaments and I have taken good care of it over the years.
That F-117 is way cool!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 11, 2026 06:44 PM (vrNzf)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 11, 2026 06:44 PM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 11, 2026 06:44 PM (gQ15S)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 11, 2026 06:44 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: JTB at April 11, 2026 06:45 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 06:46 PM (Gx2ed)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 06:48 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 11, 2026 06:44 PM
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Is that like Pigs in Spaaace on the Muppet Show?
Posted by: TRex - swedish chef dino at April 11, 2026 06:49 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 11, 2026 06:44 PM (vrNzf)
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The Dazzle camouflage pattern probably enhances radar invisibility too.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 06:49 PM (Gx2ed)
The future does not look good especially when coupled with the growing expertise gap. Were talking massive outages affecting large areas that become unable to communicate with other areas effectively shutting down just about everything.
It seems that one answer is local, personal communications systems.
The day is coming where HAMs may become a big part of your life.
Posted by: pawn at April 11, 2026 06:49 PM (jstR0)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 11, 2026 06:44 PM (vrNzf)
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The Dazzle camouflage pattern probably enhances radar invisibility too.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 06:49 PM (Gx2ed)
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The Dazzle is definitely attractive!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 11, 2026 06:53 PM (vrNzf)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2026 06:55 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 11, 2026 06:58 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2026 06:55 PM
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Have you asked them about origami yet?
Posted by: TRex - ambassador dino at April 11, 2026 06:58 PM (cCn4/)
I was a network manager for a large telecom company when one of our STP quads failed. Let me tell you, heads rolled when it was determined that people were doing work on them outside the maintenance window with poorly tested software. Tens of millions of calls failed for hours.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2026 06:59 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2026 06:59 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 11, 2026 07:00 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 06:39 PM (wzUl9)
[nods sagely] See, what you do is look for a magazine on something inexpensive and compact, like Shot Glasses Quarterly. Then if you get excited about the subject, the damage is easy to minimize.
Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 07:01 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2026 06:55 PM
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Have you asked them about origami yet?
Posted by: TRex - ambassador dino a
I should have. I should have asked them about shipping me some Sake soaked KitKat bars.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2026 07:02 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: TRex - swedish chef dino
Well, BlueFishCake already did a femme space orc epic, so, yanno, gotta think of other aliens
Posted by: gKWVE at April 11, 2026 07:04 PM (gKWVE)
Starring, Link Hogthrob.
Man, non-Sesame Street Muppet Show was funny AF. My cynical Dad loved that show.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 11, 2026 07:09 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: TRex - astronaut dino at April 11, 2026 07:11 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2026 06:55 PM
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Have you asked them about origami yet?
Posted by: TRex - ambassador dino at April 11, 2026 06:58 PM
Have you asked them about BBQ yet?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 11, 2026 07:11 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:12 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 11, 2026 07:13 PM (V4IXI)
Starring, Link Hogthrob.
Man, non-Sesame Street Muppet Show was funny AF. My cynical Dad loved that show.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 11, 2026 07:09 PM (0aYVJ)
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Yep. The original Muppet Show was some of the funniest television ever made. They've tried to remake it a few times, but it's never been as good as the original.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 07:16 PM (gnNyN)
I should have. I should have asked them about shipping me some Sake soaked KitKat bars.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2026
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Now I'm thinking about driving to World Market and buying some KitKats from China or Malaysia. Grrrr.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 07:19 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 11, 2026 07:22 PM (XV/Pl)
You're welcome to hang around and continue chatting for a while. Don't forget to stop by Club ONT later for more fun and games.
Posted by: TRex - slightly wrinkled dino at April 11, 2026 07:23 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:32 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 07:33 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:32 PM
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Dunno. I'm still here. Maybe "Dinos in Space" isn't such a compelling concept after all.
Posted by: TRex - papermate dino at April 11, 2026 07:33 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: jayhawkone at April 11, 2026 07:33 PM (QSaoA)
Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2026 07:34 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: TRex - astronaut dino at April 11, 2026 07:11 PM (cCn4/)
Bird In Space is where tits at. And boobies.
Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 07:35 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: TRex - prayerful dino at April 11, 2026 07:35 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 07:37 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 07:39 PM (yAteE)
Fold a standard 8.5x11 sheet of paper in half lengthwise.
Bring the left and right top corners down to meet the center fold (insert fifth grade joke here)
Your progress should resemble an A frame house. Now take the triangular "roof" and fold it down at its base so that the tip meets the center fold (I know, I know..). Crimp all of your folds tight.
With the "roof" folded down, the whole thing kind of looks like an envelope at this point. Now you're going to bring the left and right top corners of this envelope to the center line. The corners should meet 1 - 2 inches above the tip of folded down "roof". Crimp your edges tight. Now take the protruding tip of the "roof" and fold it up over those corners.
Pick up the glider and fold it along the center line in the opposite direction. Now fold down the wings, ensuring they share the same width and sweep. You are now ready for interplanetary conquest...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 11, 2026 07:39 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:39 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ronster at April 11, 2026 07:42 PM (LjEfn)
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 07:44 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 07:44 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Ben Had
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That is rather brilliant!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 11, 2026 07:45 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Ronster at April 11, 2026 07:45 PM (LjEfn)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 07:47 PM (yAteE)
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 07:48 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Ronster at April 11, 2026 07:49 PM (LjEfn)
Posted by: Ronster at April 11, 2026 07:53 PM (LjEfn)
But they're otherwise intact. A couple were just gliders. Big, though. Hold your arms out to your sides: that's the wingspan of them! I don't have room. Sad.
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 07:54 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 07:54 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Ronster at April 11, 2026 07:57 PM (LjEfn)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 07:58 PM (yAteE)
Posted by: Ben Had
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Haha, that's exactly where they are now. At Dad's house-- but they need to go.
Ceiling here is too low.
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 08:00 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 11, 2026 08:01 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 08:01 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 11, 2026 08:02 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 08:02 PM (yAteE)
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 08:03 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 08:04 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Ronster at April 11, 2026 08:08 PM (LjEfn)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 08:12 PM (yAteE)
The yellow one comes to mind for "day care" use. It's big and bright; nice details, but not a war-plane. Fun looking.
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 08:19 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Ronster at April 11, 2026 08:25 PM (LjEfn)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 08:12 PM (yAteE)
Bars and restaurants that decorate with "found" stuff might buy them, too. Or swap for a free meal.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 08:33 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 08:42 PM (rdVOm)
Ace of Spades Pet Thread, April 11
Courtesy Jeannie Harris Culture and cats
The moment this pup dove straight in without thinking twice.
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) April 10, 2026
It’s the purest expression of happiness a dog can show. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/hgeM0DQNwu
This is Cali kitty trying to be intimidating. - fdI am almost petrified. The young grasshopper below (from New Mexico, I think) had better watch out.
Lazy Sunday afternoon for my Easter BunBun. MileyA wonderful Easter photo showing some kitty personality. Thanks.
Most of Sammy's fur is growing back now - the top of his head was a bloody mess. Here he is hanging out by the clematis, one of his favorite places. Miley
Well, I joked that it looked like he was diving into badger holes. A nasty cat fight, I assume. Ears, above the eyes and top of his head. The end of his glorious 13" tail is still a bit ratty looking. He's been coming around often, appearing out of the darkness to jump onto the table here on the back porch. Sometimes sleeps in one of the porch chairs at night. BunBun has sort of accepted him. Mostly.Cats are not always predictable, are they? Sammy looks beautiful now. The clematis looks like it is going to be lovely, too.
Encountered by Members of The Horde
These are visiting orcas in Elliot Bay enjoying the rain on Wednesday afternoon. It is such a privilege to see them. nurse ratchedA thrilling sight!
Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.
If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:Until next Saturday, have a great week!petmorons at protonmail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, April 4 I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 11, 2026 03:38 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: one of the horde's cats at April 11, 2026 03:41 PM (VHUov)
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Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 03:50 PM (Ia/+0)
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Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 03:53 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 03:54 PM (Gx2ed)
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at April 11, 2026 03:54 PM (sAmhv)
Ony the grand old lady kitty, went out, though, and wandered around the yard for quite a bit. She's not as heavy as Daisy, though, so less inclined to get muddy.
Posted by: mindful webworker - bark bark meow at April 11, 2026 03:54 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 03:55 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 03:55 PM (Gx2ed)
Here's a YT 11 second video of my 14 year old dog Ralphy one week after falling out of bed. As ypu can see, full of life.
His cat friend Snowflake is by the patio door ready to come back in. They were sleeping together on my bed as I was watching a horror movie. She snuggles up to him.
https://tinyurl.com/ms2pnp59
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 03:55 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at April 11, 2026 03:59 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 11, 2026 03:59 PM (Nx5jP)
Here's the update on our cats
https://tinyurl.com/dg65258
A coworker of my sister has four newborn kittens he is trying to find homes for when they are ready. All beautiful girls. He asked if we wanted one because apparently my sister is known as the crazy cat lady at work.
I think I would only take one if he couldn't find a home for it and he was going to take it to our county shelter. They're good people there and do try to get animals adopted even sending them to other cities, but they are not a no-kill shelter. They are already full of beautiful adult rescues.
We have a lot of our own cats we've rescued from our yard and the Chili's parking lot or Marty who was thrown from a car in the Walmart parking lot as a kitten. It's expensive to feed them all and we don't get as many donations anymore. I don't think we can handle anymore unless dire circumstances.
Posted by: Joyenz at April 11, 2026 04:00 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Cicero
Right around chapter 10 in Exodus.
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 04:01 PM (VHUov)
The dog in the ballpit looks like he's having the time of his life!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 03:51 PM (ESVrU)
Aldi's was selling a toddlers ballpit like that a few weeks ago. So many pet parents in the Aldi's FB group bought it for their ogs, cats and rabbits. It was a huge hit with the pets.
Posted by: Joyenz at April 11, 2026 04:03 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: wcgreen at April 11, 2026 04:05 PM (u5BVN)
What a cute pup!
Posted by: Joyenz at April 11, 2026 04:07 PM (2F0/Y)
Reef just did a thing that I had seen Ajax do from time to time. Normally their appetites are pretty much on rails. But every now and then, they will not want to eat much for about 24 hours. Then they will take a big poop and be ravenous.
Is this like colic? They are clearing a blockage before putting more pressure behind it?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 11, 2026 04:08 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Joyenz at April 11, 2026 04:07 PM (2F0/Y)
Thank you.
Bless you for helping the cats.They aren't strays but my friends outdoor cats stay with me when it's really cold or they are away for extended vacations.
Beautiful animals.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 04:10 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 03:55 PM (w6EFb)
Until puppy decides to play mosh pit at 0230.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at April 11, 2026 04:10 PM (4g8dN)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 04:10 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 11, 2026 04:15 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 11, 2026 04:20 PM (5sL+U)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026
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When he goes to get millions of his closest friends!
Afternoon, Pet Folken. I'm here with big black Stirling on the living room floor, and Dagny, well, she goes her own way and will appear when she's ready.
The definition of "kitten" is spot on. Maybe not always a "homicidal" muffin, but "pesticidal" or . . . No, "homicidal" is pretty darn close.
I have never seen a grasshopper colored like that. It's as if he were painted by a Navaho artist for sale to a tourist.
And I have to wonder if my cats would like a ball pit like that. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 04:21 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 11, 2026 04:21 PM (YYEJo)
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 04:24 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 11, 2026 04:26 PM (gQ15S)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 11, 2026 04:30 PM (Nx5jP)
I mentioned a while back that Snowflake has some real tangles in her long hair. It is hair. She rests on my lap sometimes when I'm watching tv.
I have managed to cut some of the smaller ones out with scissors. She has some bigger ones that I'm slowly working at.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 04:34 PM (Sco7b)
Aww, that's nice of you to keep them warm.
Posted by: Joyenz at April 11, 2026 04:34 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 11, 2026 04:35 PM (kj/CD)
I have never seen a grasshopper colored like that. It's as if he were painted by a Navaho artist for sale to a tourist.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
The judges would also have accepted "omnicidal muffin."
A quick search says that's a "rainbow grasshopper," Dactylotum bicolor. Looks like more than two colors to me, though.
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 04:37 PM (VHUov)
They would be indifferent at first. Then, at 0300, the Magic Kittuh Hour, they'd loudly play in it. It will sound like gladiators fighting in an arena.
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at April 11, 2026 04:39 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 11, 2026 04:39 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at April 11, 2026
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"ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 04:46 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 11, 2026 04:48 PM (nz1sK)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 11, 2026 04:48 PM (Kt19C)
They did manage to eventually lure the little kitty to safety with some wet food. It's tail was clearly broken completely through about 3-4 vertebrae from the spine, so it was scheduled for an amputation on Thursday.
Vet was examining the tail, and noticed that the tip was still quite warm. Prognosis: kitty gets to keep her tail, but it will forever be floppy.
They have already found a forever home for the kitty and she is putting on weight!
Kitty got rescued, but is NOT living at MY house ... best possible outcome. (We currently have five rescues in the house.)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 11, 2026 04:48 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 03:51 PM
I assume he was working on string theory, and periodically shouting "Bazinga!"
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 11, 2026 04:50 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Beverly at April 11, 2026 05:01 PM (reMys)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 11, 2026 04:48 PM (nz1sK)
Thanks. I'll let him know.
And again, congratulations to your husband. I was so happy for both of you.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 05:02 PM (Sco7b)
So glad to hear it. Several years ago, mom and I went to the church down the street to vote. Outside was a black cat with his tail at the halfway point completely bent. Mom went back to the house for a carrier and we took him to the vet. Tail had to be amputated. Named him Felix and we took him home.
Posted by: Joyenz at April 11, 2026 05:05 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 11, 2026 05:05 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 11, 2026 05:10 PM (nz1sK)
Posted by: Cicero
It is believed that this occurs when an abundance of vegetation causes a population explosion (usually after a period of drought). When the population density reaches a certain point, and the local food supply starts to run out, something gets switched on in their tiny grasshopper brains that causes them to band together into a mobile swarm.
One of the two species of North American locusts is extinct and the other is now very rare, the only locusts for which that is true. One theory is that plowing destroyed the eggs, preventing the population from reaching swarming levels.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 11, 2026 05:12 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Admiral Winchester at April 11, 2026 05:16 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 05:17 PM (Wmg4n)
I suppose they are trying to be supportive, but they just add to the frustration when they are in your way....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 05:22 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Joyenz at April 11, 2026 05:05 PM
Our neighbors have a cat that suffered the same fate. My youngest daughter cat sits for them when they go out of town. So she is used to a cat with just a "nub".
That is why she was so surprised when the vet said this kitty could keep her tail!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 11, 2026 05:22 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 05:28 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 11, 2026 05:29 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 05:30 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 05:31 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2026 06:32 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Delilah at April 11, 2026 07:12 PM (n/m5m)
Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, April 11
I caught our forsythias at peak, early last week.Forsythias just say "Spring"!
And
Tulips from the dump at Holland, MI after their Tulip Festival, courtesy of my nieces - these are my favorites because of the "flame" effect. They tend to get redder as they go.
Edible Gardening/Putting Things By
I planted 10 tomato plants in this raised bed last year - Terra Cotta, Black Strawberry and San Marzano. Here you see the volunteers - there are a lot of them. I think I'll just use these instead of planting seeds. Who knows - maybe I'll get some interesting hybrids! Miley
New buds on existing plants: orange cannas, red and yellow flowering yucca and the water irises have popped out. Put in a red and a purple verbena, and a blue delphinium. Gotta get after the weeds and the sprouts from the bird feeders! Respectfully,
Dave K
If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is: ktinthegarden at g mail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Denny Crane - Does Anyone Else Miss Charlie Sheen? at April 11, 2026 02:22 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: KT at April 11, 2026 02:23 PM (7vIsy)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 11, 2026 02:24 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 02:25 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: KT at April 11, 2026 02:23 PM (7vIsy)
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That happened to me once with the Sunday Morning Book Thread.
Very strange.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 02:26 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 02:28 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 02:29 PM (fE6HJ)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 11, 2026 02:29 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: KT at April 11, 2026 02:23 PM (7vIsy)
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That happened to me once with the Sunday Morning Book Thread.
Very strange.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 02:26 PM (ESVrU)
I don't understand anything I don't understand.
Posted by: Denny Crane- I Believe I Am Correct. at April 11, 2026 02:29 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 11, 2026 02:29 PM (Kt19C)
I did get started planting veggies. The local store is starting to get sets. The eggplant starts looked awful although the one I bought perked up inside. We have a forecast for freezing lows next weekend and it's just too early for this stuff,even though we have highs in the 80s next week. Strange weather.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 11, 2026 02:30 PM (gQ15S)
And so it begins.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 02:30 PM (Sco7b)
Found out need to replace a gas control on grill but doesn't look like that is a possibility
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 02:31 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 02:32 PM (3Ope8)
The new fruit trees leafing out, the pears flowering, the oaks have lovely spring-green leaves, new azaleas around the front porch look healthy, various flowers and herbs on the South side of the house are thriving. The lawn was getting a little ragged but got a cut just before the rain. So, everything looking good. More rain due soon. Spring!!
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Posted by: mindful webworker - then there's the bugs..... at April 11, 2026 02:36 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 02:39 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 02:39 PM (Sy6m/)
So this year, I decided to plant same "Early Dawn" strawberry shoots a little early. I'd usually wait until the first week of May. The weather has been cool, but pretty consistent for the last few weeks. "Early Dawn" are early producers. So, I took a chance and put them out last week.
The other night the temperature decided to dip down to 22 F. I ended up buying three boxes garbage bags to cover them, and it looks like that did the trick. But, we shall see.
Posted by: Orson at April 11, 2026 02:43 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 02:43 PM (Ia/+0)
Oh, and I have Black Strawberry seedlings coming along nicely, thanks for the recommendation.
In fact all my tomato and pepper seedlings are looking fabuloso.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 02:44 PM (kpS4V)
Gotta rehab a couple of areas in the front, next.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 02:44 PM (3Ope8)
I spotted a purple pansy on the hillside that must have been carried over by the flooding rains. I repatriated it to my flower garden.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 02:47 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 02:49 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 02:49 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 02:51 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: KT at April 11, 2026 02:23 PM (7vIsy)
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That happened to me once with the Sunday Morning Book Thread.
Very strange.
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I remember that something similar happened to J.J. once, too.
Posted by: KT at April 11, 2026 02:51 PM (7vIsy)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 02:52 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 11, 2026 02:54 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 02:49 PM (3Ope
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You can usually keep the rodents at bay by outlining your garden space with mint or lavender. Mint, especially, is a good choice because it will spread pretty fast for you, and comes up every year.
Birds? You're on your own. It's a pain to put netting up. However, depending on what breed of bird is the biggest problems, you can sometimes set up a more appetizing alternative for them. I used to have Bluebirds picking my tomatos looking for worms....and it stopped when I put out a meal worm feeder across the field.
Posted by: Orson at April 11, 2026 02:55 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 02:57 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 02:58 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 02:52 PM (3Ope
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I can't remember -- they're in a box in the garage -- but it's a hosta collection from Breck's. With any luck some of last year's hostas will also return.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 02:59 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 02:59 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 03:06 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 03:06 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 03:07 PM (3Ope8)
Lows 39-51 F, highs 64-72. Rain yesterday. Took a yard walk to catch what I've been missing - redbud is already dropping flowers and starting leaves, dogwood is flowering, crabapple has lovely scent and is showering petals like snow, oak is flowering, Tatarian maples are fully leafed, silver maples are starting to leaf, one of the older apple trees is heavily flowering and the other only lightly, the newer Golden Delicious has more flowers than the other 2 newer trees, the Seckel pear is blooming more than the Warren, the forsythia are faded now, wild roses leafing, and the 4 Annoying Sycamores are still ugly skeletons.
The peony from last year is a foot high - tulips starting - lots of midget Johnny Jump-Ups by the shed - a few early buds on the lilies of the valley - the strawberries have a few flowers - we only have a few tiny asparagus stalks coming up (do we need to replant? give up? wait to see what happens when irrigation water comes on?).
Indoors, I'm about to put the tomatoes out in the mini greenhouse, but will have to watch nighttime temperatures. Peppers stay inside for now.
Posted by: Pat* at April 11, 2026 03:07 PM (thFLS)
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Here, if you don't cage it, you don't own it. Even with my whole garden surrounded by hardware cloth (even under the raised beds) the mice get in and munch on sprouts. I found that a 5 gallon bucket with 4 inches of water in the bottom helps with the mice, though.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 11, 2026 03:09 PM (2TPZH)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 03:11 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 11, 2026 03:12 PM (2TPZH)
Oh, and I have Black Strawberry seedlings coming along nicely, thanks for the recommendation.
In fact all my tomato and pepper seedlings are looking fabuloso.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 02:44 PM (kpS4V)
I'm really into Darwin-in-the-garden. Volunteers are almost holy to me. Last year I didn't plant tomatoes until very late, and they would not grow. They remained frozen at about 2 1/2" under the growlights and I was like WTAF. I ended up popping them into the raised bed and basically told them it was fight or die. Yes, I did water them occasionally. But I mostly ignored them until late summer. They became a tomato jungle because I didn't bother to pinch off new shoots.
I ended up doing a harvest once a week (just tossed them into freezer bags after washing them). Got 24 lbs that still needs to be turned into marinara and canned.
Anyway, I'm going to have to isolate 10 plants. I'm pretty sure the Black Strawberry plants have some purple on the stem. Can you confirm?
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 03:15 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 03:16 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 11, 2026 03:19 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Beverly at April 11, 2026 03:19 PM (reMys)
So do my Chocolate Miracles. Do all dark 'maters?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 03:21 PM (kpS4V)
The kalanchoes are staying in they like it vs the vagaries of outside weather. One thing I learned
they like a lot of water but like drunks when they've had their fill they lay down (propagating habit) then when they hit that happy spot all the stalks are up.
Haven't successfully propagated the anglonemea yet.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 03:21 PM (vl6og)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 02:58 PM (Ia/+0)
It's funny how they all come up at different times, even if it's the same kind and they're next to each other. My Blue Angels were like that. The Empress Wu was on the late side, and Paul's Glory was pretty quick. Fire and Ice was on the slow side, and Frances Williams is only now furling out.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 03:26 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 03:30 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2026 03:30 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 03:32 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 03:11 PM (3Ope
My brother has been scavaging all of the rocks that are liftable (and a few that really aren't) from the edge of the woods where Publius and his daddy tossed them years ago. He wants to line our extensive borders with natural rock, but it seems we have run out.
He got a few more from a friend down the road. They were a good size and had lots of lichen and moss on them. I'm looking at them right now. I've got a little gnome (Kristi Gnome) and a few crystals next to them.
Then of course there are the bags of pea stone and whatnot that have been incorporated into the plan.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 03:34 PM (w6EFb)
In front have Rhododendron of different colors, they don't come out exactly same time
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 03:35 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 03:36 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 03:40 PM (3Ope8)
So do my Chocolate Miracles. Do all dark 'maters?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 03:21 PM (kpS4V)
I think so. Most purple vegetables like beans release the purple color when cooked, and turn dark green instead of bright green. Those dark colored tomatoes probably have some purple in their stems, and darker green leaves. But that's anecdotal only.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 03:44 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 03:36 PM (RIvkX)
If you search for "girl gnome" on Amazon, you'll see it. She's holding a leaf over her head.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 03:47 PM (w6EFb)
Everything starting to green up. The colors are just so vibrant this time of year.
I think my azalea is recovering. It was so brown I thought it was gone but pink buds appearing and the ,eaves actually turning green.....well, some of them anyways. Planning a trip to Home Depot this week for basil and maybe some flowers.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 11, 2026 04:21 PM (t/2Uw)
One of the cats decided to dig up a section of my onions, and I found one of the onions had been dislodged, but that was good since I could see the onions have about an inch shoot on them and they should emerge with another couple of days of good weather.
My camas lilies ( a native wildflower) I seeded under the apple tree thicket have survived the winter, and by sake of being covered by some old branches they survived the neighbors' chickens, I might get some flowers this year, though I think next year is more probable.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 05:33 PM (rbvCR)
One of the cats decided to dig up a section of my onions, and I found one of the onions had been dislodged, but that was good since I could see the onions have about an inch shoot on them and they should emerge with another couple of days of good weather.
My camas lilies ( a native wildflower) I seeded under the apple tree thicket have survived the winter, and by sake of being covered by some old branches they survived the neighbors' chickens, I might get some flowers this year, though I think next year is more probable.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 05:36 PM (rbvCR)
Old Civilizations, Wonderful Things
If you gave away $126 billion to subsidize free flights between LA and San Francisco at current demand levels, you could fund roughly 150 to 200 years of travel before the money runs out. https://t.co/8ro72lJIfc
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) April 8, 2026
Old Civilizations, Wonderful Things
ABC quoting Trump on April 8:"A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will," Trump wrote on his social media platform. At the same time, continuing a series of mixed messages, Trump said "maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen" now that the U.S. is dealing with "different, smarter, and less radicalized" leaders in Iran.Ace on April 8:
Communist Dingbats Yesterday Until 7pm: Trump Is a Madman! He Will Nuke the World! Communist Dingbats at 7:01pm: TACO! Trump Is a Huge Pussy Too Afraid to Do What Is Needed and LET THE NUCLEAR BIRDS FLY!!!!An amazing collection of commentary on Trump's usual "chaos" step in his negotiation tactics. (Don't comment on old threads) I noticed that the government of Iran (or whoever is sort of running things) did not believe that Trump was going to kill everyone in the country. They sent women and children out to become human shields for dual use facilities which Trump said he was going to bomb. In other words, THEY were willing to kill everyone to win. But if you have to communicate with a reasonable sceptic, VDH may help, with By All Means, Let the War Crimes Trials Begin:
The Left and some on the Right went crazy over a recent Trump tweet. He warned that if the Iranian regime did not cease blocking the international Strait of Hormuz, he would hit its dual military-civilian infrastructure. He promised that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” His wording may have been sloppy, but Trump obviously meant that the murderous civilization/culture of radical Iranian theocratic Islam would cease to exist and wouldn’t come back once power plants and transportation systems crucial to the regime’s survival were cut off. Why do we know that? Because, unlike in most prior American wars, Trump has never targeted dual-use infrastructure—not in bombing ISIS, not in removing the Venezuelan thug Nicolás Maduro, not in the 2025 bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities, and not in the present war—with the exception of a key bridge central to the regime’s efforts to reposition missile assets to avoid air strikes. Ever since Trump announced that “help is on the way” to the Iranian people, the entire aim of the five-week war has been to selectively target the regime’s command and control and military assets.
The goal was to diminish its threats abroad, while weakening and humiliating the mullahcracy at home—so that soon the Iranian people might at last be able to overthrow the odious theocracy. Trump’s critics knew all that. But they see political advantage in tagging Trump as a Strangelovian madman, no different from the Nazi criminals in the docket at Nuremberg.
A few less unhinged people argue that his rhetoric nevertheless comes across as unpresidential. Perhaps. But it may be no accident that his Gen. Curtis LeMay-like bluster might have pressured the Iranians to reopen negotiations. On Monday, the Democrat Borg was declaring Trump a savage maniac.Continue with this video. VDH looks better, doesn't he?
By Tuesday, it was blasting him as a TACO (“Trump Always Chickens Out”for not carrying out what the day before they had dubbed a war crime. The common denominator was an overarching, deranged hatred of the president, as his critics can never decide whether he is Adolf Hitler or Neville Chamberlain.
But since the Left has called for investigations of war crimes, by all means let them begin. Obviously, Trump’s critics conveniently no longer buy the argument of “dual-use.” It posits that the juice powering an evil enemy is its roads, bridges, fuel, and electricity. To disable them supposedly shortens the war and the killing . .
Among the many genius effects of Trump is that his crazy-man approach to dealing with our enemies only makes our enemies more insane and intransigent than before. I refer, of course, to the Democratic Party (and the mainstream media, but I repeat myself). It is a remarkable thing that Iran appears (at this writing—this could change before these pixels are dry) to be more reasonable than Democrats when it comes to Trump. I hope he keeps his laser-pointer fully-charged and holstered.
Listening to Claire de Lune in a deeper way (video short) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Kfq-Vx6p2YA Inspired by a poem
There masque and bergamasque charmingly,
Playing the lute and dancing and also
Sad beneath their disguising fanchise. All are singing in a minor key
Of conqueror love and life opportune,
Yet seem to doubt their joyous revelry
As their song melts in the light of the moon. In the calm moonlight, so lovely fair
That makes the birds dream in the slender trees,
While fountains dream among the statues there;
Slim fountains sob in silver ecstasies.
The story behind the New York Times’ 1903 claim that human flight was between one and ten million years away is even worse than it looks. Once you understand the backstory, you realize that the New York Times story is not really about flight at all but about how elites and credentialed “experts” mistake their own failures for the boundaries of possibility. The New York Times did not dismiss the possibility of powered flight at random. There was a very specific reason behind it. At the time, America’s most prominent scientific authority, Smithsonian Secretary Samuel Langley, had been showered with large amounts of taxpayer funding to build an aircraft, the Langley Aerodrome. Despite all the money, institutional backing, and elite prestige, Langley and his team could not get it to fly, culminating in a series of very public failures, the last on December 8, 1903. So when the New York Times declared that flight was millions of years away, what it was really saying was that if the most credentialed and well-funded “experts” cannot do it, then it cannot be done. A mere nine days later, the elites’ proclamation of impossibility lay in ruins. Two totally unknown bicycle mechanics from Ohio achieved the first powered flight using improvised parts, a few hundred dollars of their own money, and sheer persistence.Buzz Aldrin book for kids Shoot the Moon (book) Moonshot Misdirection (Landing Lunacy Theorists) All has not been sweetness and light at NASA. There have been whistleblowers claiming that the organization has been cavalier about risks to human life.
Comments are closed on last week's thread, so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment. But don't try it anyway.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 11:23 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 11:24 AM (LmPA0)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 11:27 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 11:28 AM (JkO4W)
Morning!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 11:28 AM (n7rxJ)
I bit my tongue, mostly, not superstitious but didn't want to jinx it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:29 AM (y79kU)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 11:27 AM
Many Bolshevik wallets have been fattened.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:30 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 11:31 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:32 AM (y79kU)
I don't know if anyone watches 60 Minutes anymore, but I'm glad if they're exposing Newsom's Train to Nowhere.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 11:32 AM (n7rxJ)
Plus all the other kinds of fraud rampant in CA.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 11, 2026 11:33 AM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 11:34 AM (JkO4W)
Wait a sec... "trans"?
I think there's a new campaign for the choo choo!
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 11:34 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 11:35 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:36 AM (y79kU)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 11:36 AM (JkO4W)
I want to believe. But I also read that we're still woefully behind the Chinese on rare earths and processing of minerals like cobalt and lithium.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 11:38 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 11:36 AM
All the coolies were sent home after finishing the TCR and digging the Grand Canyon.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:38 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 11, 2026 11:39 AM (snZF9)
The labor would be mostly free.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:39 AM (4NO2D)
Some 'chick' on CNN just said that Iran has regained the upper hand. I've seen this before in movies. Allah has given all the dead the ability to gather all their body parts and blood together to reform. All is lost.
Velshi led off his diatribes with Trump threatening to destroy a civilization. Panties in a bunch for something that happened 4 days ago.
I hope Vance brought earplugs for the negotiations. I imagine their will be a lot of shrieking.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 11:41 AM (Sco7b)
Adam Schiff
@AdamSchiff
I have read the San Francisco Chronicle’s account and I am deeply distressed by its allegations. This woman was brave to come forward, and we should take her story seriously.
I am withdrawing my endorsement immediately, and believe that he should withdraw from the race.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 11:42 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:42 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 11:43 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:45 AM (4NO2D)
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Blow me down, there was never a clue, one never suspected.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:45 AM (y79kU)
Posted by: Weasel at April 11, 2026 11:46 AM (qdktZ)
The fact that NASA's rockets were designed by literal German Nazis escaped him.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2026 11:46 AM (n1OCj)
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 11, 2026 11:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Is it wrong to pray that Rory McIlroy has a really bad day today?
Nothing against Rory, but I'd much rather spend two days watching competition than coronation.
Just getting to not watch the announcers trying to top each other about how wonderful it is would be a blessing.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 11, 2026 11:47 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 11:47 AM (yAteE)
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 11, 2026 11:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Cautionary example.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 11:48 AM (Sco7b)
I am withdrawing my endorsement immediately, and believe that he should withdraw from the race.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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And you also want him to resign from Congress, right? RIGHT?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 11:48 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Skip
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Clearcut Houthiland.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:48 AM (y79kU)
A read an account by a German who worked on the Saturn V project who noted that the Saturn V project was so big that they had to change the organizational structure that they had been using since Peenemünde.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 11, 2026 11:49 AM (n1OCj)
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 11, 2026 11:46 AM
Apparently someone cares because he's flapping his Reverend Kane toothhole on TV.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:50 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 11, 2026 11:52 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:52 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 11:52 AM (yAteE)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 11:52 AM (yAteE)
It's CA... His replacement will be just as bad... Maybe worse....
Posted by: It's me donna at April 11, 2026 11:54 AM (FtULh)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 11:54 AM (Ia/+0)
I am going to have to convince her to let me change her over.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:55 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:56 AM (y79kU)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 11, 2026 11:57 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 11, 2026 11:58 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 11, 2026 11:58 AM (7dc2a)
I am going to have to convince her to let me change her over.
Posted by: toby928(c)
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May as well go with the cheapest, neither one is going to pay off.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:58 AM (y79kU)
All my vehicles are liability only since I buy them with cash. My four vehicles cost less per year to insure than her one van.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:59 AM (4NO2D)
Thanks. Taxman. Hate this season.
Posted by: KT at April 11, 2026 12:04 PM (7vIsy)
FoxNews and MS Now - Iran talks charade. One station will be covering Swalwell. Guess which one?
CNN - did Trump taco? It's nice that the intellectually challenged have a place to entertain 700,000 people. Mostly trapped in airports.
CBC - Liberals
By the way, smalldeadanimals has a story about a complaint filed. Trudeau was apparently watching kiddie stuff on his devices. RCMP knew because they monitor devices. Where is 'Nothing will happen' guy.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 12:05 PM (Sco7b)
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They'll prey on anyone who is not ready to take them to court and spread their malfeasance across all of social media.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 12:07 PM (y79kU)
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 11, 2026 11:42 AM (4NO2D)
I remember when that one fella, Dick Armey?, called him Barney The Fag.
Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at April 11, 2026 12:09 PM (QCEpb)
Posted by: I really haven't settled on a nic at April 11, 2026 12:12 PM (VjfKz)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 12:13 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: torabora at April 11, 2026 12:15 PM (KtOUo)
giving away
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 12:15 PM (Ia/+0)
"Lori Glaze's full title is acting associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate."
You know bureaucracy is involved.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 11, 2026 12:16 PM (2WIwB)
Serving your mid-day open thread needs
I've always liked these sentences...but I don't know why.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 11, 2026 12:16 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Butthead at April 11, 2026 12:18 PM (KtOUo)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
****
I read that as 'withdrawing from my face'.
Posted by: Fang Fang at April 11, 2026 12:21 PM (KtOUo)
Posted by: Denny Crane - I AM The Master. at April 11, 2026 12:23 PM (dmDsy)
VDH is spot on. And let me add, to American and some Western nations ears, it sounded awkward. But to Iranian ears, and when spoken in Farsi, it rang very true to their cultural and social cores. They knew what Trump meant.
The democrats need to go back and read The Ugly American.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 11, 2026 12:23 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 11, 2026 12:24 PM (Cqx++)
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This is an excellent book. I highly recommend to anyone interested in the subject. I've told this story before, but after I read my hardback of this book, I mailed to what what I thought was Gene Kranz's address and asked him if he would autograph it. Not only did I get it back signed by him, he also included some patches and trinkets for Jr. Black, who was grade school age at the time.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 11, 2026 12:29 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: The Deputy Chief Assistant Associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Missio at April 11, 2026 12:31 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 11, 2026 12:33 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Admiral Winchester at April 11, 2026 12:34 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 11, 2026 12:34 PM (w6EFb)
Most didn't serve anything on a plate but either way they were so carb loaded to make a strong man dizzy.
Just outside my neighborhood is a Quickstop with a food bar. Never tried it, always avoid Quickstop food.
But, what the heck. It's Cuban food, with big high gloss menu in Spanish but I don't know any of the words because it's all Cuban food words, strange liquids offered, except coffee. The lady behind the counter does not speak English, or Spanglish, or TexMex.
I point and ask, what that is, her response, is Cuban. Not going into the part about the people in line behind me were also Cuban and had no idea what 'sunny side up' meant. (is this gringo a faggot?)
Anyway, I was served two eggs sunny side up, two strips of bacon and some interesting bread/toast at a very reasonable price. I'll be back.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 12:35 PM (y79kU)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 12:35 PM (y79kU)
Posted by: Denny Crane - I AM The Master. at April 11, 2026 12:23 PM (dmDsy)
Perfect.
And some Canadian Curling Championships are being advertised soon. That'll be even more boring.
But THAT will get us ready for Fifa soccer.
The comatose state can just slowly encompass us...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 12:36 PM (Sco7b)
*polite cough*
Posted by: Waffle House at April 11, 2026 12:37 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: The Deputy Chief Assistant Associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Missio at April 11, 2026 12:31 PM (2Ez/1)
Because the senior intern to the second secretary to the assistant to the acting associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate for the International.Space Exploration Committee told me that.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 11, 2026 12:39 PM (2WIwB)
A U.S. appeals court on Friday declared unconstitutional a nearly 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling, calling it an unnecessary and improper means for Congress to exercise its power to tax.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled in favor of the nonprofit Hobby Distillers Association and four of its 1,300 members.
The ban was part of a law passed during Reconstruction in July 1868, in part to thwart liquor tax evasion, and subjected violators to up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 11, 2026 12:40 PM (/+uur)
I've long thought that it's a shame that there isn't someone in charge of the blog software who could change things so that instead of late-commenters being banned, comments would simply be closed on aged-out posts.
😏
🎶You may sa-ay I'm a dreamer…
Posted by: mindful webworker - #twoweeks no doubt at April 11, 2026 12:41 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 12:42 PM (+HNx/)
And some Canadian Curling Championships are being advertised soon. That'll be even more boring.
But THAT will get us ready for Fifa soccer.
The comatose state can just slowly encompass us...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 12:36 PM (Sco7b)
Oh, well, I apologize for my liking golf offends you!
Posted by: Denny Crane - You Know Damned Well I Am Not. at April 11, 2026 12:45 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 11, 2026 12:52 PM (JJA/r)
They did it with lots of painstaking research. They had to perfect their "glider" first. They went to Kitty Hawk because it had great wind.
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 11, 2026 12:53 PM (dtajH)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 12:54 PM (y79kU)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 11, 2026 12:54 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 11:43 AM (Ia/+0)
Meh. Sweep for mines, clear them all. Destroy all Iranian port facilities on or adjacent to the Strait, and let them know the Strait is off-limits to any Iranian vessel at all, rowboats and kayaks included.
Escort all ships transiting the Strait with destroyers equipped to deal with airborne threats, and charge the shipowners for the service. Make it clear to Iran that launch points of any airborne attacks on the Strait will be destroyed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 12:55 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 11, 2026 12:52 PM (JJA/r)
Yes!
Posted by: Somali Rock Island Line at April 11, 2026 12:56 PM (QCEpb)
I had some hardo lay that line on me, back in the day.
This little pissant had an odd lot bond order that was only partially executed. He went off , and started screaming at the broker who took his order:
FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION !!!
Dude, you weren’t going to the moon, relax … we’ll eat the commission on the 2nd trade.
Strange the things you remember …
Posted by: browndog at the gym at April 11, 2026 12:56 PM (issKm)
Could we at least have a remote for the Universe that executes the MUTE function competently?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 12:58 PM (xG4kz)
…This 10-second excerpt from the French folksong "Au Clair de la Lune" made before the American Civil War was nothing less than the world's earliest sound recording.
…recorded on a "phonautograph," a device that engraved sound waves onto a sheet of paper blackened by the smoke of an oil lamp.
…148 years would pass before scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory converted these scans into sound…
france24.com article
https://bit.ly/earliest-recording
The recording
https://youtu.be/ICVtdcIIsrc?t=148
Speed corrected (less clear, though)
https://youtu.be/ICVtdcIIsrc?t=194
Posted by: mindful webworker - smokey song at April 11, 2026 01:00 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: Denny Crane - You Know Damned Well I Am Not. at April 11, 2026 12:45 PM (dmDsy)
Oh, if you like golf great.
There's been a lot of snark.
Enjoy and I am sorry.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 01:02 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2026 01:02 PM (J1liw)
Billion for a choo choo train. You know most of that goes directly to fraud right?
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 11, 2026 12:52 PM (JJA/r)
Yes!
Posted by: Somali Rock Island Line
Presently negotiating to have a Lerning Center car on each train, are we?
Good to know!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 01:02 PM (xG4kz)
Meh. Sweep for mines, clear them all. Destroy all Iranian port facilities on or adjacent to the Strait, and let them know the Strait is off-limits to any Iranian vessel at all, rowboats and kayaks included.
Escort all ships transiting the Strait with destroyers equipped to deal with airborne threats, and charge the shipowners for the service. Make it clear to Iran that launch points of any airborne attacks on the Strait will be destroyed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 12:55 PM (utfVc)
Agreed.... I read the Iran "negotiators" threatened to shoot any American ships that go through and end negotiations... They were mad we sent some through today. No more talking more action... It's a farce anyway
Posted by: It's me donna at April 11, 2026 01:02 PM (bdGxt)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 12:58 PM (xG4kz)
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It would be sort of wild to have a "universal remote" that not only changed the channel, but shifted you into a parallel world--without you noticing until something just a bit odd happened to you.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 01:03 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2026 01:05 PM (J1liw)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 01:06 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2026 01:07 PM (J1liw)
Posted by: Ignoramus
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They asked Henry Ford to build their engine but Henry was busy. Their bicycle mechanic said he could do it and he did. He stayed with them until he retired. The brothers gave him an $800 a year which was hansom money at the time. He lived past WWII and died in poverty.
After FDR and WWII $800 was nothing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 01:07 PM (y79kU)
There's been a lot of snark.
Enjoy and I am sorry.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 11, 2026 01:02 PM (Sco7b)
Sal Goodman.
*smiley face*
Posted by: Denny Crane - He's A Professional Friend at April 11, 2026 01:07 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 01:08 PM (y79kU)
Debussy?
https://tinyurl.com/j24e5nn5
Posted by: Family Guy at April 11, 2026 01:08 PM (Y1sOo)
Wait!! What?? There's such a thing in the books about, "An unnecessary and improper means for Congress to exercise its power to tax."???
Posted by: davidt at April 11, 2026 01:12 PM (Q+gd/)
Anna Puma, Copperhead Democrats is the perfect name for all Democrats. It's a safe bet that over half of them will not make the historical connection, but their behavior is a nearly perfect match to the behavior of their 1860s namesakes.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 01:12 PM (xG4kz)
I think it’s mostly self serving. I think he is a crab in a bucket.
I have PhD in risk assessment. I know NASA became super conservative after shuttle. Elon was severely criticized for dropping risk levels for his engineering and we now have Starship and Starlink and maybe the moon and Mars. Artemis was a big show and it’s over now. The future in space belongs to those who dare. Not to Lawrence H Kuznetz PhD, Author and whistleblower.
Posted by: DoctorMew at April 11, 2026 01:13 PM (XodLO)
Could we at least have a remote for the Universe that executes the MUTE function competently?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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What I always wanted was an Undo button for real life.
Spilled coffee on my keyboard -- Undo.
Can't find something I set down 2 minutes ago -- press Undo until it's in my hand again.
Coyotes are roaming in the night and the cat just got out -- Undo.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 01:14 PM (n7rxJ)
Cheap aluminum was necessary to make the engine. It had been prohibitely expensive before cheap electricity was available to extract it from plentiful bauxite.
The tip of the Washington Monument is five pounds of aluminum, once a rarity in its pure form.
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 11, 2026 01:14 PM (dtajH)
95 They did it with lots of painstaking research. They had to perfect their "glider" first. They went to Kitty Hawk because it had great wind.
Posted by: Ignoramus
'Tis a pity that they were not trying to perfect their flying machine today. Eric "Great Wind" Swallwell should become available shortly and would be of some assistance to them.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 01:16 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Let's think big at April 11, 2026 01:16 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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What I always wanted was an Undo button for real life.
Spilled coffee on my keyboard -- Undo.
Can't find something I set down 2 minutes ago -- press Undo until it's in my hand again.
Coyotes are roaming in the night and the cat just got out -- Undo.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 01:14 PM (n7rxJ)
Like, maybe, a "Remote Control"?
Posted by: Billy Madison, Wait, Adam Sandler. at April 11, 2026 01:17 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 01:17 PM (y79kU)
Madman with machete shot dead by NYPD. Three in hospital.
Posted by: Anna Puma
By his description, I can discern that he was Amish.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 01:19 PM (xG4kz)
Like, maybe, a "Remote Control"?
Posted by: Billy Madison
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The Rewind button in particular.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 01:21 PM (n7rxJ)
B.O. gets reelected.
Undo.
Posted by: Let's think big
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Heh! Yes, there would be an Enterprise version.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 01:21 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Old media at April 11, 2026 01:22 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Heroq at April 11, 2026 01:23 PM (z0fc5)
It is to laugh to hear that Swalwell asserted that he'd bed nothing but "10s", because he's a damn sight far away from being one himself.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 01:23 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 01:24 PM (vl6og)
"The two responding officers had been flagged down by a witness to the attack, according to the commissioner. Both officers ran to the 4/5/6 platform, where they confronted the armed man and made multiple commands to drop the knife.
Tisch said the man ignored the officers' commands and advanced with the machete, prompting one officer to fire at the man. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital but did not survive his injuries."
Or, as Dennis Miller would say: Police suspect fair play.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 11, 2026 01:25 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 01:28 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 01:28 PM (vl6og)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 11, 2026 01:29 PM (qFwJc)
"He was taken to Bellevue Hospital but did not survive his injuries."
And thus the world was deprived of the cultural enrichment and melodious sounds of the newly emerged "Machete Rapper".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 01:31 PM (xG4kz)
Nice to them win.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 11, 2026 01:33 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 01:34 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: KT at April 11, 2026 01:35 PM (7vIsy)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 01:28 PM (vl6og)
I looked it up. Pretty standard stuff for the era. High-tension magnetos, spark plugs, and proper carburetors were not exactly commonplace back in the day.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 01:35 PM (utfVc)
I just erased part of my gardening post. See you in a few minutes.
Posted by: KT
What are you varnishing? Do tell!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 01:37 PM (xG4kz)
The artist's rendition of a future moon base here reminds me of some of the torn-up landscape we passed this week from the probably-doomed high-speed rail project in California.
I certainly hope that no one considers messing around with the moon. Considering we know the moon affects things on the planet, such as tides. Who knows what else it affects. And if we mess with the moon, that could badly affect those things.
The 2002 movie "The Time Machine" comes to mind. When Guy Pearce travels to the future and the world is seemingly coming to an end and he's told it is because of the drilling on the moon and the moon breaking up because of it.
I know it's just a movie, but we do know the moon affects the tides on this planet. And I wouldn't put it past people to go all "Jurassic Park" and "not stop and think if we should" and start drilling on the moon and end up creating issues no one foresaw.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 11, 2026 01:39 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 11, 2026 12:52 PM (JJA/r)
Even Mongo have a guy in Zurich
Posted by: Mongo at April 11, 2026 01:39 PM (w/O5Q)
Quick check in from the Island of Misfit Toys, enjoying springtime showers, which looks like 1-2 feet of the white stuff for the Sierra. A pain to deal with now, to be sure, but a boon for the snow pack.
This high-speed train to nowhere BS reminds me of all the graft and corruption around The Big Dig (remember that?). But OK, just say the foolish project gets completed. Big whoop. You end up at your destination and you still don't have a decent last mile solution. You have to grab a taxi/Uber, or have someone fetch you at the station. That's fine for SF; public transportation here is pretty robust. But what about LA? The city is too big and spread out to make that work. That's the one hitch no one seems to care about.
Posted by: Effie Perrine at April 11, 2026 01:40 PM (b77PF)
Posted by: Lady in Black
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Might also want to pick up "A Man Called Flight" (Chris Kraft's autobiography) if you are interested in NASA. Chris lays out the specific steps he and others took to create the Manned Flight Space Center flying by the seat of their pants. Chris actually started at NASA's predecessor--NACA after WWII.
A lot of homage in the book to Robert Gilruth who was a legendary NASA division head and to some, not all, of the Mercury astronauts. Gilruth wrote one book which is out of print--1965-Making of an Astronaut and he died in 2000.
I think Chris has passed on now as well.
Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 01:42 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: M Gaga at April 11, 2026 01:43 PM (KiBMU)
I know it's just a movie, but we do know the moon affects the tides on this planet.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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We also know the moon is made of green cheese. Moon settlers could be tempted to eat it, which would reduce the mass of the moon and wreak all kinds of galactic havoc.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 01:43 PM (n7rxJ)
It is to laugh to hear that Swalwell asserted that he'd bed nothing but "10s", because he's a damn sight far away from being one himself.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:
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The context caught on video was that he was demanding that a lobbyist provide him with 10's as a cost of doing business.
Worse than it appears in a snippet.
Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 01:44 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 01:45 PM (Ia/+0)
Who was the pinhead who came up with this idea and why are taxpayers dollars funding it?
When it's completed we could call it 'The Pony Express'.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 11, 2026 01:45 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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Too late, Moon is slowly leaving Earth's orbit by centimeters every year (3.8 more or less). But the good news is it will take 50 billion years on estimate and the sun will envelop Earth and the Moon in 5-6 billion years making it a moot point.
Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 01:47 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Skip
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She was probably a freak in bed and trained to be so.
Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 01:48 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: davidt at April 11, 2026 01:12 PM (Q+gd/)
Chief justice (spit) John Roberts hardest hit...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 11, 2026 01:49 PM (nbLIj)
Pueblo or Colorado Springs to Ft Collins
Polis is not thru butt-f***ing the people just yet
Posted by: Don Black at April 11, 2026 01:53 PM (ZxPkt)
Sending that shuttle up after the seals were exposed to past parameter temps was wrong. And those who caused it suffered nothing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 01:54 PM (vl6og)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 11, 2026 01:54 PM (Kt19C)
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total eclipses of the sun will be a thing of the past
Posted by: Don Black at April 11, 2026 01:55 PM (ZxPkt)
Who was the pinhead who came up with this idea and why are taxpayers dollars funding it?
When it's completed we could call it 'The Pony Express'.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
The same people that are obsessed with putting in rail systems in urban areas. Lots of developer and manufacturing/construction grift who kickback some of the money to politicians.
And later, a lot of the street level rail is quietly removed from service when they prove to be a traffic menace and under used.
Subway systems end up crumbling and becoming unsafe as druggies/criminals/insane spend their time terrorizing ordinary citizens until the ridership drops to the desperate folks that cannot afford to run a car or get rideshares/taxis.
Bus systems are the least preferred from the grifting system and again, ridership is mainly the economically desperate along with the criminals/druggies/insane.
We cannot have fine things in this world because of leftists worship chaos because it makes things so bad in society that their putrid revolutions take place.
Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 01:55 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Lindsey Graham, Closeted Homosexual at April 11, 2026 01:57 PM (onPc6)
http://tiny.cc/zrp1101
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 11, 2026 01:59 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Bet Henry kicked himself in the butt more than once for not building that motor.
On the ground
In the air
Ford motor is there
_FoMoCo
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 02:00 PM (vl6og)
@HansMahncke
If you gave away $126 billion to subsidize free flights between LA and San Francisco at current demand levels, you could fund roughly 150 to 200 years of travel before the money runs out.
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And deal with SFO and LAX??
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 02:01 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 11, 2026 01:39 PM (P5BPp)
I have the same thoughts with regards to AI.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 11, 2026 02:04 PM (RQvuv)
Posted by: Wally at April 11, 2026 02:05 PM (zG4BR)
"So he should resign from Congress too right?"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 02:06 PM (RIvkX)
http://tiny.cc/zrp1101
Posted by: Joe Kidd
Easier to build track through desert but only about 1/3 or less of the actual funding has been secured. Again, the point of these exercises is not to actually create a train but to allow people with sticky fingers (politicians, construction, real estate developers, mfgs) to get all sorts of money out of the taxpayer and investor wallets.
Vegas itself has been steadily remaking itself into a premium and exclusive resort by pricing into the stratosphere. I don't think they want the grubby day tripper penny ante gamblers from LA.
If you apply Mel Brooks, 'The Producers' formula to public works nowadays, you realize the failure to actually do much of anything with gobs of money disappearing is the point.
Same reward to interest groups and politicians involved whether the project fails or not. So the grift is the aim, not success and the rubes have to pay for it.
Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 02:07 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 11, 2026 02:08 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 11, 2026 02:09 PM (Fbc0I)
The Big Dig.
Posted by: Barney Fag at April 11, 2026 02:10 PM (onPc6)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 11, 2026 02:09 PM (Fbc0I)
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More opportunities for graft and corruption.
They're counting on it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 02:12 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Effie Perrine at April 11, 2026 01:40 PM (b77PF)
There is presumably a solution at the LAX airport, so they could put the rail terminus by the rental cars or something.
Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 02:13 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Chairborne
I think saving old distributions of software WITHOUT AI might be wise along with the old computers to run it.
The transition from old practice of skilled coders writing code to the crapwork from H1Bs turning into vibe coding is going to be rough. And the latest AI models from Claude appear quite capable of finding vulnerabilities in existing code faster than they can be patched. Quantum computers may make it even worse by destroying encryption as we know it.
So mission critical machines need to go offline from the Net or have some secure Non Net way to communicate with other servers/machines doing the same thing.
Think of it as deglobalizing important computers and their functions from the world.
Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 02:13 PM (E4rtv)
Best thing about them is the destruction of property values allowing connected developers to come in and build multi story sustainable housing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 02:14 PM (vl6og)
Posted by: Barney Fag
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Tip O'Neill was the moneymaker for that looting of American taxpayers aided by Kerry and Kennedy on the Senate side.
Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 02:14 PM (E4rtv)
There is presumably a solution at the LAX airport, so they could put the rail terminus by the rental cars or something.
Posted by: SciVo
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The LA high-speed rail station is at Union Station, miiiiiiles from LAX.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 02:17 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Denny Crane - Does Anyone Else Miss Charlie Sheen? at April 11, 2026 02:17 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 11, 2026 02:20 PM (3Ope8)
March 2026
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Brightline West has confirmed to FOX5 that it is still waiting on a $6 billion federal loan needed to fund construction of its planned high-speed rail line connecting Las Vegas to Southern California.
The company told investors it is simultaneously pursuing a $4 billion loan from a banking consortium. Brightline says surveying work has been completed along the entire route. Brightline did not provide additional updates on construction progress or a timeline when contacted by FOX5.
And now the completion has slipped to 2029 and the cost is now estimated at 21 Billion.
Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 02:21 PM (E4rtv)
I know it's just a movie, but we do know the moon affects the tides on this planet. And I wouldn't put it past people to go all "Jurassic Park" and "not stop and think if we should" and start drilling on the moon and end up creating issues no one foresaw.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
It'll be the Whalers on the Moon that'll mess us up*
* "Futurama" -- https://youtu.be/U8V2U7vTys0
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 11, 2026 02:21 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 11, 2026 01:39 PM (P5BPp)
I have the same thoughts with regards to AI.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 11, 2026 02:04 PM (RQvuv)
GenAI flips that formulation on its head, where people don't stop to think if they *could*. It gives the illusion of ability. The second example that comes to mind is "vibe coding," where non-programmers don't know to insist on security, let alone how to vet it.
But even setting the technical examples aside, what really sticks out for me is the Ghibli fad and how DHS stepped on its dick with a cutesy-fied image of an illegal alien thugette who ugly-cried when she was rightfully cuffed. Although we all deal with humans, doing Public Relations professionally still has elements of expertise that is not granted by the ability to generate an image. And that wasn't technical at all.
Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 02:26 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 02:39 PM (Sy6m/)
Certainly an event where we have no control or contingency.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 11, 2026 02:41 PM (Fbc0I)
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Please pray for the victims, we DO NOT have to keep living like this!!!
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Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 11, 2026 02:43 PM (P5BPp)
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5-6 BILLION years? Whew! Thank goodness! At first glance I read that as 5-6 MILLION years, which had me worried.
Posted by: muldoon at April 11, 2026 02:55 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 11, 2026 02:04 PM
Watched this earlier this week. About threw up. Made me wish I was closer to death so I would not have to be around to see how AI destroys civilization.
"AI Will Take Art, Then Jobs, Then Everything Else" - Tristan Harris
YouTube: https://bit.ly/4tGK46T
I am also a 50-year old white male engineer. Lowest on the totem pole when it comes to "diversity". Likely need to work for 15 more years before I can think about retiring. Considering they are already pushing use of AI in my workplace (auto industry, engineering), I have a feeling I will be screwed within the next 5 years. Then going to be shit out of luck trying to compete to get a job with fraudulent H-1Bs and offshoring to fraudulent cheap labor in third world countries.
I already was screwed over due to that 2 years ago when I was 48. Stellantis cut 400 of us and replaced us with offshoring to retards in India with fraudulent degrees and CVs. I was lucky to get back in as contract for less salary, because I had people work to get me back in. But I can't count on that anywhere else.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 11, 2026 02:57 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: SciVo
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SciVo, figured out a possible career path to someone good with maths. Forensic accountant. And find a decent independent trial lawyer to work with and you can make bank with fraud.
Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 02:59 PM (E4rtv)
We don't have to live like this.
Those who would force all the world's dysfunctions on us are no longer our countrymen.
Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 02:59 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: muldoon
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Cheer up, Earf may or may not be habitable or have a civilization by 5-6 million years for a variety of reasons--vulcanism, asteroid strike, nuclear war, or even the Sun burping etc.
Far less if you believe the globull warming crowd--according to them twenty years ago or so, we are already dead.
Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 03:02 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
I was in my office when the 6.8 2001 Nisqually earthquake hit. The hung ceiling came down on my head. Ran out into the cubical space and saw the line of cubicle walls undulating like I was on a boat. Scary stuff.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2026 03:02 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: whig
According to new NASA data, Erf has cooled .3C over the last two years. Prepare for global cooling again.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 11, 2026 03:05 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 03:07 PM (vl6og)
Posted by: whig at April 11, 2026 02:59 PM (E4rtv)
Thanks! That sounds perfect. I always had an interest in forensic , since I love solving puzzles, and contested tasks against other humans are the hardest.
As an aside, this is why I do not see actual synthetic cognition coming in this century, because LLMs cannot be iterated into something capable of seeing through active deception. But plenty of routine tasks can be automated. The safest, I think, will be professions with legal liability attached, where they will need a human to attest that something is correct so that someone can be held accountable if it isn't, and the intersection of accounting and justice more than fits the bill.
Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 03:09 PM (Sy6m/)
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Alex the Lion: 69 months!?!
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Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 11, 2026 02:57 PM (P5BPp)
I think that "AI" (a meaningless marketing term that does not mean synthetic cognition) is not really capable of actual logic. It can do software engineering, because that comes in the form of text, and it has tons of examples to use of how characters should be assembled in different contexts. Plus, the programmers of the AI understand the task that they are programming it do, which is computer programming, since that's what they do themselves; so they can readily code improvements for how it uses its training. Any other engineering, I do not think it will really be capable of in this century, though it could fool a manager I guess.
Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 03:23 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 11, 2026 02:57 PM (P5BPp)
I'm sorry to hear that Clyde. Take heart, you're a good egg and that will be recognized wherever you end up. Or so I pray. I'm several multiples of 29 years old and retired from the Hi-tech defense industry over a decade ago, before any of this shit started to hit. Thankfully. In the long run I trust that nemesis will reward their hubris (hopefully without catastrophic collateral damage to normal people like us).
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Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 11, 2026 08:09 AM (h7ZuX)
I got Mom out for a walk Thursday, on a nice path near the house by a golf course. She was feeling pretty good, and opted not to sit and rest on the bench on our first pass by it. We rested on the way back, but probably not long enough. On the way back to the car, she was struggling up the slope, but didn’t want to stop and sit on the walker seat. We made it to the car, and that’s where it all went south.
As I was trying to get her turned to get in the car, she lost her strength and the walker smashed up against the open edge of the door. She couldn’t move her feet or legs, and started sinking to the ground. I was trying to lift her back up, but she didn’t have anything left to push up with. Now she was tangled inside the walker, knees on the ground, and I know it was hurting her.
cont...
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 11, 2026 08:09 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 11, 2026 08:09 AM (Vg570)
I finished the chapter I was working on yesterday, though I'm not happy with it. However, there are still rewrites to be done, so it will be enough for now. I've got a scene to sketch out today, but once that's done, I'm not planning to do anything but sit and read.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 11, 2026 08:09 AM (ufSfZ)
She was starting to cry, and said, “where is a helper when you need one?”
AT THAT MOMENT, a truck pulled up beside us, and a young man hopped out and ran over to us. Friends, I am here to tell you, Jesus sent us a weightlifter! “Can I just pick her up and put her in the car?” he asked? “Oh, gosh, you can do that? Yes! Yes!”
He scooped her up like she was a child, and set her in the seat. We were so grateful! We thanked him, and he made sure we were ok, and got his dog and trotted off on down the path. GOD. IS. GOOD.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 11, 2026 08:09 AM (h7ZuX)
We let him be an indoor/outdoor cat because a) he likes it and b) that way we don’t have to deal with a stinky litter box in the house. And lack of litter box is why I get up and let him out when he yowls.
We had one cat who was highly intelligent, she knew we didn’t like to be woken up and if she just had to pee, she’d jump into the bathtub and pee directly down the drain. Caught her doing it a couple of times, was amazed she figured that out. Lived to be 17 or 18, one of our favorite pets ever.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 08:13 AM (txiLK)
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 08:14 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Loses some Man-Points for that dainty coffee cup.
Posted by: Rock-ribbed Straight Guy at April 11, 2026 08:14 AM (oftw2)
g'mornin' again, 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 11, 2026 08:14 AM (2/MrR)
fenelon's son got a job this week too b"h
{TiFW} is in Austin seeing George Strait
SmelltheGlove is still in SNF
{grammie}
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)
Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Tomorrow is Divine Mercy Sunday! Jesus, I trust in you.
I prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, both stated and unstated.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 08:16 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 08:16 AM (kpS4V)
Had a couple of disturbing incidents during Lent. Occasionally, circumstances dictate I fulfill my Sunday Obligation at my local Novus Ordo parish. There are no Communion rails and the Eucharist is distributed by Extraordinary Ministers. So be it, but I won't, for good and proper reasons, take Communion in the hand.
A few weeks ago, I went up to receive. I'm rather tall and the Extraordinary Minister was rather short. I don't know what happened, but she didn't place it properly and the Host fell to the floor (no Communion plate). Needless to say, I was mortified. Catholics believe (or are supposed to believe) in the Real Presence.
I was willing to pass it off later as a one-off occasion, but I had to attend the Easter Vigil Mass there. Different Extraordinary Minister, but very nearly the same catastrophe.
In the absence of a rail or kneeler, my balance won't let me kneel to receive. So the only real option is not to receive at all. This is annoying.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 08:17 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 08:14 AM (GD0B3)
Yes, thank you! That church parking lot where we park is always empty--I've never seen another soul there. I was going to have to call a squad to help me get her up, but I couldn't even get her onto her side, because she was tangled up in and under the walker. She would have been in agony while waited.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 11, 2026 08:17 AM (h7ZuX)
{TiFW} is in Austin seeing George Strait
SmelltheGlove is still in SNF
{grammie}
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)
And, hiya JT!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 11, 2026 08:18 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2026 08:18 AM (L7CUp)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 08:19 AM (kpS4V)
I am sure he was very gentle but just a note of caution that elders who have fallen depending on circumstances could be injured if not lifted properly. Doing so safely requires some training. A good rule is if the person is clearly injured or cannot assist in any way in getting up, to call 911 and ask for a "lift assist"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 11, 2026 08:21 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 08:21 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 11, 2026 08:22 AM (m6Eem)
If you were pulling CQ duty or cramming for an exam, Folger’s was the Stuff. Make a strong pot, and you’d be bouncing off the walls. Forget studying, but at least you were awake.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2026 08:24 AM (L7CUp)
Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2026 08:18 AM (L7CUp)
Those are the four who walked on the moon. Fred Haise is also still alive, but he orbited the moon.
Posted by: Vendette at April 11, 2026 08:24 AM (1ieqq)
...I don't know what happened, but she didn't place it properly and the Host fell to the floor (no Communion plate). Needless to say, I was mortified. Catholics believe (or are supposed to believe) in the Real Presence.
...
In the absence of a rail or kneeler, my balance won't let me kneel to receive. So the only real option is not to receive at all. This is annoying.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 08:17 AM (tgvbd)
It's a problem with poor training of Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (not a fan of that ministry, myself). Someone should be in charge of their training. We had the same problem, and I was able to get their trainer to let them practice distributing the Host upon the tongue by using unconsecrated hosts.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 08:25 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 11, 2026 08:25 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 11, 2026 08:26 AM (nz1sK)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 08:17 AM (tgvbd)
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Once we had a really tall rabbi and really short cantor. They kept a wooden milkcrate behind the lectern and when the cantor went up, she stood on the milkcrate.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 08:26 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX)
He put one arm around her back, and the other under her knees, from the side. It was perfect. I, on the other hand, was afraid I was going to break her ribs the way I was trying to lift her.
I hope that young man receives boundless blessings.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 11, 2026 08:27 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 11, 2026 08:27 AM (W2ips)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 08:28 AM (Ia/+0)
He does a lot of live podcasts and “interacts” as the kids say, with viewers. Really cool, I told him I wish he would do that once a week.
I always thought Alan Shepard was an asshole, bumping all those guys in line. He hadn’t flown for about ten years, and since he was in charge of the astronaut office scheduled himself to be on the next mission. Apollo 13. They decided he needed to train more, however, and swapped crews to 14.
Anyway, that’s basically why Haise lost his chance
Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2026 08:29 AM (L7CUp)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 11, 2026 08:29 AM (nESHF)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 11, 2026 08:32 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 11, 2026 08:34 AM (nz1sK)
As an SDO, I'd do one of my rounds around 4am local time; if you're going to find someone working a non-constant night shift, that's when they'll nod off. I'd fuck with the sleeping CQs that I found by writing an entry in their logs that I found them asleep and then ask their company 1SGT the next day if there was something odd in the company CQ log.
Yeah, I could have lit up the sleeping CQ and put that in MY log, but I thought that letting the company 1SGT know that HIS CQ was fucking up without battalion knowing about it would end up with better results.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 11, 2026 08:34 AM (u5xQp)
...I don't know what happened, but she didn't place it properly and the Host fell to the floor (no Communion plate). Needless to say, I was mortified. Catholics believe (or are supposed to believe) in the Real Presence.
...
In the absence of a rail or kneeler, my balance won't let me kneel to receive. So the only real option is not to receive at all. This is annoying.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 08:17 AM (tgvbd)
If you are really tall, it's always going to be a problem for anyone to give communion on the tongue if they are short (having been in a Church with a priest giving communion from a wheelchair, this is not gonna be limited to lay ministers). Have you thought about buying and donating a single portable heavy duty kneeler with rails for the Church, that could be used either at the beginning or end of the Communion process for anyone who wants to receive on the tongue? It wouldn't be an expensive purchase.
Posted by: Nova Local at April 11, 2026 08:34 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: zekesmom at April 11, 2026 08:34 AM (fkxv5)
He got a 2nd opinion and testing determined his "liver score" was 15 (21+ means transplant time). Bad but not at critical as initially thought.
He went to the Cleveland Clinic for a 3rd opinion, and testing found that his score had dropped to 9 and a liver transplant was not even something to consider. The doctor suspected a reaction to Ozempic, told him to stop taking it and see him in 6 months.
This all has been within a couple of months.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 08:35 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 08:35 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 11, 2026 08:36 AM (6jy2V)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 08:37 AM (Ia/+0)
It's a problem with poor training of Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (not a fan of that ministry, myself).
It's all part and parcel of the same insidious operation. Something is changed for extraordinary reasons. The emergency becomes normal. Then the normal becomes mandatory.
Thus we've moved from receiving on the tongue to receiving in the hand. And from kneeling reverently to receive the Lord to standing. And if you don't do these things, you'll look performative and/or get chastised.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 08:37 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 11, 2026 08:37 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 11, 2026 08:38 AM (ufSfZ)
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Prayer for speedy and complete recovery.
Maybe some morphine.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 08:39 AM (RIvkX)
We are LCMS Lutheran, and our host is also consecrated, but we do receive in the hand. Used to be on the tongue, way back. I'm just curious. If it's too personal, disregard the question.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 11, 2026 08:39 AM (nz1sK)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 11, 2026 08:40 AM (nz1sK)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 08:42 AM (kpS4V)
Just be where you’re supposed to be, doing what you’re supposed to be doing, in the right uniform, etc., and …. Amazingly enough there’s no problem. It’s easier that way.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2026 08:42 AM (L7CUp)
She's a nice young woman, and her husband is police officer with experience in traffic crash reconstruction (my old skill-set). We got to talking about family and I discovered that she and her husband have been considering converting to the Catholic Church. I explained some of the teachings about the Eucharist, and recommended a couple of good introductory books.
She had obviously been doing her research and asked some very informed questions. I told her that I was a lay brother in the Order of Preachers (the Dominicans) and one of our charisms is Study, so this was right in my wheelhouse.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 08:43 AM (ksbjf)
The priest is the ordinary minister of Holy Communion.
Extraordinary ministers should only be used when there are not enough ordinary ministers.
I know that you already know that.
I never get in the line of an extraordinary minister. They don't have consecrated hands and neither them or me should be touching the Eucharist.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 11, 2026 08:44 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 11, 2026 08:46 AM (qFwJc)
We are LCMS Lutheran, and our host is also consecrated, but we do receive in the hand. Used to be on the tongue, way back. I'm just curious. If it's too personal, disregard the question.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 11, 2026 08:39 AM (nz1sK)
I can't speak for Hadrian, but I suspect his reasoning is the same as mine. The consecrated Host IS the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ, not a symbol. I prefer to not to touch Him with my possibly dirty hands.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 08:46 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 11, 2026 08:34 AM (nz1sK)
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He has vertebral osteomyelitis, specifically in the T12-L1 section. From what I understand there isn't much they can do for the pain, we just have to wait for the antibiotics to work and the infection to clear.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 11, 2026 08:48 AM (W2ips)
Hadrian, why do you prefer not to have the Host in your hand?
Catholics believe in the Real Presence. That is, that the Host, even the tiniest particle thereof, contains the whole of the Body and Blood of the Lord. It should, properly, be held only by the consecrated hands of a priest or ordained deacon. But let's leave that.
In the Traditional Latin Mass, during the Offertory the priest performs ablutions, cleaning his hands to make them worthy to hold the consecrated Host. After the Elevation, he keeps the right thumb and forefinger together thereafter. After Communion, he performs ablutions again, consuming the water, to return his hands to secular service. But the congregation cannot perform the proper ablutions to return their hands to normal usage. And this lack of care for the Sacred Species is why receiving in the hand is wrong.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 08:48 AM (tgvbd)
He will be working outside with care related to
plants and lawns. Not totally what he was looking for, but it is a job and they seemed to like him and have a good conversation in the interview. We are so thankful to God!
And thanks for asking, DMLW
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 11, 2026 08:50 AM (+hwtP)
Which flips easiest?
Isuzu Trooper.
LOL. The day after the news came out that they tip over easy, I saw one tipped over.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 11, 2026 08:51 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 11, 2026 08:44 AM (qFwJc)
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We don't use them at my parish, thankfully. Although it's the only one around that doesn't.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 11, 2026 08:52 AM (W2ips)
But one manufactured 'kiss and cry rape' story and he's left a grease spot.
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 11, 2026 08:54 AM (dtajH)
and bend the bow
to bring down the poor and needy,
to slay those whose ways are upright.
But their swords will pierce their own hearts,
and their bows will be broken.”
Psalm 37:14-15
Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2026 08:54 AM (aIYqR)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 11, 2026 08:55 AM (nz1sK)
He will be working outside with care related to
plants and lawns. Not totally what he was looking for, but it is a job and they seemed to like him and have a good conversation in the interview. We are so thankful to God!
And thanks for asking, DMLW
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 11, 2026 08:50 AM (+hwtP)
Excellent! And remember this is a stepping stone job, not a forever job. Now, he starts building to the forever job he wants
...Posted by: Nova Local at April 11, 2026 08:55 AM (tOcjL)
Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 08:55 AM (ZOv7s)
and their bows will be broken.”
Psalm 37:14-15
Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2026 08:54 AM (aIYqR)
MT just described how many (D)s end up falling on their own swords.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 11, 2026 08:55 AM (/+uur)
So my mind has been made up. If I have to go to an Ordinary Form Mass (not that it happens often), I won't receive. It's good to receive but it's not mandatory even in a state of grace. In fact, Catholics only have to receive once a year.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 08:56 AM (tgvbd)
Someone should be in charge of their training. We had the same problem, and I was able to get their trainer to let them practice distributing the Host upon the tongue by using unconsecrated hosts.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 08:25 AM
or they could just watch this training video of gretchen whitmer (the jussie smollet of governors) showing the proper form for delivering the host
youtube.com/watch?v=myGEaRnOX6A
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 11, 2026 08:57 AM (2/MrR)
But one manufactured 'kiss and cry rape' story and he's left a grease spot.
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 11, 2026 08:54 AM (dtajH)
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Just remember their argument:
Too perverted to run for governor, but
Not too perverted to keep a Democrat seat in Congress
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 11, 2026 08:09 AM (h7ZuX)
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All the time! God be praised! I shall share your story with my family. Beautiful! I love this thread!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 08:58 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 11, 2026 08:58 AM (W2ips)
Thank you for sharing that! He didn't just send help, he sent the person who could help the *most*.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 11, 2026 08:59 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at April 11, 2026 09:00 AM (SKZ+Q)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 11, 2026 08:55 AM (nz1sK)
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I really appreciate learning all of this.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 09:01 AM (RIvkX)
It wasn't until a couple of hours later that I realized it was Friday and my breakfast sandwich had bacon on it.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 11, 2026 08:58 AM (W2ips)
It wasn't willful and done knowing beforehand it was wrong. I occasionally break my usual Friday Penance because I've forgotten it's Friday.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 09:01 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 08:25 AM (ksbjf)
It's all part and parcel of the same insidious operation. Something is changed for extraordinary reasons. The emergency becomes normal. Then the normal becomes mandatory.
Thus we've moved from receiving on the tongue to receiving in the hand. And from kneeling reverently to receive the Lord to standing. And if you don't do these things, you'll look performative and/or get chastised.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 08:37 AM (tgvbd)
Very true. However, I'm optimistic that receiving in the hand and standing is being abandoned, and the centuries-old practice of kneeling and receiving on the tongue will be restored throughout the Church. Currently, there is no consistency: it all depends upon the bishop.
The reaction to Bp. Martin's edict that ONLY standing has been one of rejection. When communicants approach him to receive Communion, those able, will kneel to receive the Host upon the tongue.
The older "hippy" clergy within the hierarchy is rapidly dying-out
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:01 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 11, 2026 08:58 AM (W2ips)
I think He will understand.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 11, 2026 09:01 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 09:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 09:02 AM (kpS4V)
So the NBA and NFL are now enforcing a no Christian social messaging rule? Every game of football I've ever seen has a group of players taking a knee and praying.
Posted by: Auspex at April 11, 2026 09:02 AM (Y8DZL)
Prayers for all the horde in need
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 09:02 AM (LmPA0)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 11, 2026 09:03 AM (Y1sOo)
That's amazing
I hope your mom is doing better?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 09:04 AM (LmPA0)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 09:01 AM (tgvbd)
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My priest actually works in my office now. I told him about it and he said, "it was probably the most delicious bacon you ever ate."
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 11, 2026 09:04 AM (W2ips)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 08:25 AM
or they could just watch this training video of gretchen whitmer (the jussie smollet of governors) showing the proper form for delivering the host
youtube.com/watch?v=myGEaRnOX6A
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 11, 2026 08:57 AM (2/MrR)
Thanks for reminding me about that little bit of blasphemy. Then, the Democrats wonder why devout Catholics are fleeing the Democrat party.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:05 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 09:05 AM (kpS4V)
May our loving God rain down His grace and mercy on all of His children this day.
And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 11, 2026 09:05 AM (vrNzf)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
*************
I used to know a really short surgeon (Dr. X) who had a really tall assistant (Dr. Y). At the start of surgery Dr. X would tell the circulating nurse, "Please bring a hole for Dr. Y. to stand in."
Posted by: muldoon at April 11, 2026 09:05 AM (qgHp7)
So the NBA and NFL are now enforcing a no Christian social messaging rule? Every game of football I've ever seen has a group of players taking a knee and praying.
Posted by: Auspex at April 11, 2026 09:02 AM (Y8DZL)
I like that on Pride Night, Clayton Kershaw wrote "Gen 9:12–16" on the side of his rainbow hat.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 09:06 AM (tgvbd)
He will never leave you
He will never forsake you
Even in your darkest time,
He is right there with you
Call Him
Embrace Him
His love is unconditional and everlasting
Posted by: Marcus T at April 11, 2026 09:06 AM (aIYqR)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 09:05 AM (kpS4V)
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I love to watch my cat Allie playing with the laces of my boots sitting on the floor.
Humans are so easily amused.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 11, 2026 09:07 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 11, 2026 09:08 AM (vkS9c)
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 11, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)
Thanks for reminding me about that little bit of blasphemy. Then, the Democrats wonder why devout Catholics are fleeing the Democrat party.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:05 AM
I'm not even catholic but I recognized it for what she was mocking and found it offensive
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 11, 2026 09:08 AM (2/MrR)
Posted by: Wenda at April 11, 2026 09:09 AM (JhlRS)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 09:01 AM (tgvbd)
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My priest actually works in my office now. I told him about it and he said, "it was probably the most delicious bacon you ever ate."
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 11, 2026 09:04 AM (W2ips)
There is such a thing as scrupulousity. You had a good and compelling reason to break your Lenten Fast, and you essentially confessed it to a priest ASAP.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:11 AM (ksbjf)
I wonder if Xi was “disappointed” in the way she found her activities exposed. Espionage work often has a very poor retirement plan.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 09:12 AM (txiLK)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 11, 2026 09:12 AM (snZF9)
The Social Justice Warrior is really just a self-doubting, weak, immature little boy or girl.
So then I go and watch a few videos of these SJWs arguing with Peterson or on Soc 119 and I see they are 9 to 10 year olds in 20 to 25 year old bodies.
And if they are Black or Brown this extends into their 30s or later. (Harris Cty Hildago)
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 11, 2026 09:12 AM (/+uur)
=
interesting !
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 09:13 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 09:12 AM (txiLK)
Russian Businessmen never ask for a high floor room.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 11, 2026 09:13 AM (/+uur)
By the way, I don't condemn those who receive in the hand standing, or come to Mass in shorts and flip-flops, or who assume the Orans position during the Our Father. But I can't do those things. And won't be made to do them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 09:14 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 09:14 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 11, 2026 09:14 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Auspex at April 11, 2026 09:02 AM (Y8DZL)
It all started when he said that he didn't approve of the NBA glorifying homosexuality.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 11, 2026 09:14 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:01 AM (ksbjf)
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I entered the Church 20 years ago and Novus Ordo was what I learned, and what seems familiar to me, so standing on the hand was what I did.
Right after I retired from the Guard at the end of 2022 (kicked out for not taking the clot shot), I became an Extraordinary Minister and during our training we used unconsecrated hosts and water in the chalice to practice serving one another. It was very helpful, and our group rotated to we could see how height mattered.
When we got a new worship director, he began asking people to receive it on the tongue, and some kneelers were set up at the front as well, and they are seeing increasing use. I decided to move gradually, so I still stand but receive the Host on the tongue and perhaps tomorrow I will start kneeling. It is confusing and our liberal Old Guard does not like seeing the old ways come back.
My wife resisted it at first, and then flipped to full Trad Cath: kneeling on the tongue, dressed in black, wearing a veil.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 09:15 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:05 AM
I'm not even catholic but I recognized it for what she was mocking and found it offensive
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 11, 2026 09:08 AM (2/MrR)
I seem to recall that Gov. Whitmer was surprised by the backlash. Of course, the only "Catholics" she knows are those like Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden; both of whom give public scandal to the Catholic Church.
Their time to repent and do acts of contrition is growing short. I'm a bit terrified of what their Particular Judgements will be.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:15 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 11, 2026 09:16 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: muldoon at April 11, 2026 09:05 AM (qgHp7)
This dynamic was the physical part of why Vincent Price and Peter Lorre were so funny together, even in supposed “horror” movies. (Comedy of Terrors is my favorite with those two)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 09:16 AM (txiLK)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 09:04 AM (LmPA0)
She's fine, now, thank you and Tecumseh Tea for asking.
She was a little too ambitious after a long winter with no walks. Next week, we will park in a different lot where there is no slope, we will not pass the bench without sitting for a rest, and if she gets tired away from the bench, I will insist that she sit on the walker seat for a few minutes. I don't know why she is so resistant to doing that.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 11, 2026 09:16 AM (h7ZuX)
So it's a mackerel snapper First World Problems thread?
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 11, 2026 09:16 AM (2Ez/1)
Better here than the FWP thread. But I'll just slip out the back door now.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 09:17 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Jordan61
Jordan, I pray your husband recovers quicly.
Fwiw one of the Lent homilies, our parish priest "confessed" to us that on Ash Wednesday, he had a fasting blood draw and was very hungry after, and like you grabbed a breakfast sandwich without remembering it was ash wednesday.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 09:17 AM (fE6HJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 09:14 AM (tgvbd)
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A lot of people were formed that way. "Come as you are" and all that. I'm pleased to see so many of the young people are dressing up and approaching Communion with reverence and it is the young women who cover their hair now, which is lovely to see, all though the 29 year old set is also coming 'round. When my wife started covering her hair she felt very nervous at first, but then an older woman shyly approached her and asked her about it, where to get the veil and the next week she was doing it.
I think the liberal Catholics have really tried to make people think it is being a Pharisee rather than just being reverent.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 09:18 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:05 AM (ksbjf)
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That actually stirred the Michigan Catholic Conference out of its torpor to condemn immorality for once. That must have stung.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)
Fwiw one of the Lent homilies, our parish priest "confessed" to us that on Ash Wednesday, he had a fasting blood draw and was very hungry after, and like you grabbed a breakfast sandwich without remembering it was ash wednesday.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 09:17 AM (fE6HJ)
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Thank you!
I actually wasn't all that worried about it, it's just that initial realization and, "oh no!" and the Catholic guilt kicks in.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 11, 2026 09:21 AM (W2ips)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 09:05 AM (kpS4V)
Heh. So true.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 11, 2026 09:22 AM (h7ZuX)
Every corporation bends the knee to the Communist demons.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 11, 2026 09:22 AM (BI5O2)
Their time to repent and do acts of contrition is growing short. I'm a bit terrified of what their Particular Judgements will be.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:15 AM (ksbjf)
Reminds me of when Sally Quinn (aka. the 2nd Mrs. Ben Bradlee) went to Tim Russert's funeral and wrote in the WaPo about it, including that she took communion because it made her "feel closer" to him. Tim was Catholic, while Sally identifies as Episcopalian and has never been Catholic. Imagine her surprise when even the liberal Catholics and non-Christians who read the Post told her she was wrong for doing so.
Posted by: Vendette at April 11, 2026 09:22 AM (1ieqq)
Posted by: Bulg at April 11, 2026 09:23 AM (77rzZ)
Dash, I am glad that an angel appeared for you and your Mom when you needed one.
{{{Jordan}}}, prayers for you and Mr. Jordan, let him know that the Horde is pulling for him and take care of yourself.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 11, 2026 09:23 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 09:14 AM (tgvbd)
Same here. We have great priests at my parish. But, I can definitely see a difference in the youngest ones: much more orthodox about the Sacred Traditions.
That's why I'm optimistic. The laity is increasingly wanting those Sacred Traditions restored, and the old "hippies" (both lay-persons and clergy) are rapidly dying-out. The "off-Broadway theatrics" - to steal a phrase from Ralph McInerny (author of the Father Dowling mysteries) - are being rejected.
That's why you see petulant behavior from some of the hierarchy. They know that their "re-invention" of the Catholic Church will disappear shortly after they are all dead. The younger clergy wants to revert to the old forms.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:23 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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I saw a meme on the Mutt and Jeff phenomenon:
"To make a TV show, you need one banana-shaped man and one orange-shaped man. let me explain:
((Pics))
Jerry and Costanza
Troy and Abed
Fresh Prince and Jazz
Bert and Ernie"
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 09:24 AM (kpS4V)
Alton, I want all this COVID/BLM/Room To Destroy-era dumbassery kept front and center for the next election cycle. So tired of these idiots thinking they can be failed upward.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 09:02 AM
Hail, Eris
indeed, we need to keep hammering away
problem is, there's a large swath of sheeple (probably the majority) who think all the "dumbassery" was (and is) right & proper
guarantee you that if you went and stood on a downtown street corner in Teh Peoples' Rebublik of AnnArbor right now, within three minutes you'd see someone wearing a mask whilst driving a subaru festooned with BLM / No Kings! / (insert other leftard bullshit here) bumper stickers
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 11, 2026 09:24 AM (2/MrR)
Sverige har nu mer än 600% fler rapporterade våldtäkter per 100 000 invånare än El Salvador.
Detta är totalt katastrof för vårt land."
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 09:26 AM (GD0B3)
Gave him his coffee, and had barely sad down when he said: "So can we say grace already?" So I did, using the Mark I mod 0 Catholic prayer, and as everyone but him crossed himself, he had this look of bewilderment on his face, and I almost laughed because I could tell he was thinking: "Who are these people? How did this happen to me?"
My father is very irreligious.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 09:26 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 11, 2026 09:23 AM (0nHVk)
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Thank you, DDS! I'm looking forward to when he can get up and do some things for himself and I can get some sleep!
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 11, 2026 09:26 AM (W2ips)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 09:27 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 09:27 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 11, 2026 09:24 AM (2/MrR)
Failed people tend to congregate in the failing cities of failing states.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 09:27 AM (txiLK)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 09:27 AM (ndZc7)
Fear of the Left is the biggest motivating factor in life
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 09:28 AM (Ia/+0)
In cool conversion anecdotes, this past week, a fantasy author posted these 2 pics side by side:
From may 3025, her asking her fans for research pointers on writing a main character vsmpire who is Catholic
From April this year: a photo of her & her husband being received into the Catholic Church
She said thanks to everyone who responded to that post from a year ago
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 09:28 AM (fE6HJ)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:05 AM (ksbjf)
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That actually stirred the Michigan Catholic Conference out of its torpor to condemn immorality for once. That must have stung.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)
Up-thread I mentioned that I met a young woman who is exploring the Catholic Church and seems to be on the verge of converting along with her husband. I warned her that, as laity in the Catholic Church, it's important to remember that when the hierarchy does something stupid, it doesn't alter the teachings of the Church.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:28 AM (ksbjf)
Sverige har nu mer än 600% fler rapporterade våldtäkter per 100 000 invånare än El Salvador.
Detta är totalt katastrof för vårt land."
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 09:26 AM (GD0B3)
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Because the Swedes are suicidal.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 09:29 AM (RIvkX)
Their time to repent and do acts of contrition is growing short. I'm a bit terrified of what their Particular Judgements will be.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:15 AM (ksbjf)
I'm not terrified. I wish I had a front row seat to whatever happens to them. All the better if the Cenobites show up. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 11, 2026 09:31 AM (snZF9)
Failed people tend to congregate in the failing cities of failing states.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 09:27 AM
Spot on.
that's what will make the pending Siege of the Cities such a righteous endeavor
which reminds me, I need to get to work on building that trebuchet in the bed of my '01 F-150
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 11, 2026 09:31 AM (2/MrR)
https://is.gd/e5zArL
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 09:27 AM
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I'm sure that's an iconic image from a very popular movie that's on the ever-growing list of Movies I Haven't Seen, but let me channel my inner JamesMadison and say...
I don't get it.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 11, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:28 AM (ksbjf)
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Yes. And unless they go out of their way to torment their flock, most parishioners have little idea who their bishop is or what he is doing. He's mentioned in the prayers, but it's the local priests that do the work. Our outgoing bishop (Earl Boyea) has been surprisingly visible over the last few years. Hardly saw him, but after Covid, I think he was radicalized (in a good way) and started doing public processions, even held a Mass at the Breslin Center. Very much about doing "shows of force" to raise the visibility of the Church, especially on campus.
It's working. Surging seminarians, vocations, massive numbers of conversions this year, the most in 20 years.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:15 AM (ksbjf)
I'm not terrified. I wish I had a front row seat to whatever happens to them. All the better if the Cenobites show up. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 11, 2026 09:31 AM (snZF9)
I'm not going to lie, there's a time when I would have said the same thing. But, wrath is a sin.
God is the just judge. I just leave it to Him.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:36 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2026 09:39 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 09:39 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2026 09:39 AM (LHPAg)
Prayers up for both of you.
Posted by: Vendette at April 11, 2026 09:40 AM (1ieqq)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 09:40 AM (LmPA0)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 11, 2026 09:40 AM (E6ouU)
I don't get it.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 11, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)
It's from Scarface. Replace the candy with cocaine. Bagged cocaine, loose cocaine, lotsa cocaine.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 11, 2026 09:40 AM (ExV1e)
It's Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.
Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at April 11, 2026 09:40 AM (onPc6)
Yes, it is true that total numbers of adults entering the Church remain historically low, but the trend has reversed a decades-long decline which bottomed out in 2020.
What is also significant is the reason for conversion. The vast majority of adults becoming Catholic have historically been people do so for family/marriage reasons, i.e. keeping a promise to Grandma or finding it more convenient to be able to take Communion with the rest of the family. The decline of Cultural Catholicism was largely driving the decline.
In recent years, the motives have been deeply personal, an individual desire rather than social conformity. I think that explains the surge in vocations vs overall numbers.
(cont)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 09:40 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 11, 2026 09:40 AM (0U5gm)
It's working. Surging seminarians, vocations, massive numbers of conversions this year, the most in 20 years.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)
We're also seeing increased here in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. We've had public processions in Cincinnati.
Who'd a thunk it? Publicly proclaim the truth of the Catholic Church, and people will respond.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:40 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2026 09:39 AM (LHPAg)
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Prayer for a complete and speedy healing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 09:41 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Piper at April 11, 2026 09:43 AM (p4NUW)
In recent years, the motives have been deeply personal, an individual desire rather than social conformity. I think that explains the surge in vocations vs overall numbers.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 09:40 AM (ZOv7s)
At this year's Easter Vigil, I saw two very elderly men come into the Church. When you're 70-80-90, that's not a casual decision.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:43 AM (ksbjf)
Sverige har nu mer än 600% fler rapporterade våldtäkter per 100 000 invånare än El Salvador.
Detta är totalt katastrof för vårt land."
Posted by: runner
Say that to my face!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 09:44 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
That is beautiful. No age too old
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 09:44 AM (LmPA0)
Peace be with you all.
I’m still struggling. Last week did a number on my head and yesterday was awful. I’m afraid.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 11, 2026 09:45 AM (A5RD0)
Posted by: nurse ratched
What happened?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 09:46 AM (LmPA0)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:46 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2026 09:39 AM (LHPAg)
She'll be in my prayers, Eromero.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 11, 2026 09:46 AM (h7ZuX)
The Church is also losing a lot of liberal Catholics, who are seeing icons go back up on the plain white walls and beige paint being stripped from the pews. The tan carpets are being torn out and the beautiful tiled floors repaired. They don't like Latin creeping into the Novus Ordo Mass, but the young people love it.
It's a cliche to say the young are out future, but swarms of college kids finding faith is more important than keeping seasoned citizens happy, and yes, our parish is seeing donations drop even as Mass attendance soars.
(cont)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 09:46 AM (ZOv7s)
Those grandchildren produced six children, three of which are mine. At last report, perhaps one of the five kids is still Catholic. Five of their six great-grandkids and both of their great-great-grandkids are Catholic. Evelyn Waugh smiles.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 09:48 AM (ZOv7s)
Prayers up for those asking and also for those needing but not asking.
Wife is doing much better after her father's passing.
I did a whole "remember when" thing with her and had her actually laughing at the end. Starting with first meeting him.
I was 24 with a 10" mohawk and we got invited to dinner. Some of his observations held true all these years later.
"You have that mohawk to hide your redneck" and "I think you found 'the one'" to my then girlfriend now wife. Correct on both counts.
He was also Ken Shamrock's trainer for years. Was one of the trainers for the first Fighter House with Shamrock and Tito Ortiz as the stars and ending with their fight with Tito winning.
When I first met him he was a pin stripe suit wearing throwback to the 40's and then his democrat friends screwed him over bigtime and he went wierd. His attire became a mexican blanket and jeans with a huge Bowie knife.
I should also mention his Hep C was from taking a 45 slug, point blank to the forhead and beating the guy who shot him almost to death. The Chicago cops just threw both of them in jail and he almost died there until a shift change got him sent to the ER.
Posted by: Reforger at April 11, 2026 09:51 AM (ZhdAT)
It's a cliche to say the young are out future, but swarms of college kids finding faith is more important than keeping seasoned citizens happy, and yes, our parish is seeing donations drop even as Mass attendance soars.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 09:46 AM (ZOv7s)
Our parish is seeing the same trends.
We are also blessed with a couple of very good and devout Youth Ministers. They are working with the priests to give the teenagers frequent opportunities for Eucharistic Adoration. And the teenagers love it!
Just last month, my 16-year old grandson came back from a retreat and told us that, during Adoration, he was feeling a call to the vocation of the priesthood.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:51 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 09:52 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 11, 2026 09:40 AM*
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>Quick consult with wiki...
Ah. Al Pacino, Oliver Stone, cocaine, drug lords, and murder.
No wonder.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 11, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:53 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 09:43 AM (ksbjf)
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Yes, that is also happening, and "reverts" won't show up on the Easter tallies, but they do show up in the pews.
I'm strongly considering becoming an OCIA sponsor this year. I did it ten years ago, but couldn't continue because of all my other commitments. Things seem to be calming down, so I might do it this fall if circumstances remain calm.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 09:54 AM (ZOv7s)
No wonder.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 11, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)
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It's a great awful movie. Pacino just chews on the scenery, can't keep his accent consistent, and the opening scenes about the Mariel boat lift with Carter's portrait in every shot was just twisting the knife.
I think for a while it had the highest f-bomb count of any movie.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 09:56 AM (ZOv7s)
I spent last week supporting a breast surgeon. All her patients have breast cancer. There was a couple really tough cases. Being a breast cancer patient myself 12 years ago, it did a number on my head.
The pregnant lady with a recurrence of her breast cancer (possibly due to IVF) was particularly heartbreaking.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 11, 2026 09:58 AM (hTSkD)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 11, 2026 09:58 AM (VCgbV)
That is a great eulogy. He sounds like a fascinating man.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 11, 2026 10:03 AM (h7ZuX)
Today, Swalwell is sending cease and desist letters to alleged survivors of his abuse.
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"Shut the f*ck up!" he explained
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)
The very heart and soul of his political platform, as well.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 11, 2026 10:06 AM (rbvCR)
The New York Times reports that 12 of the ~1500 January 6 rioters have reoffended in about a year's time—calling it a "crime spree".
The recidivism rate of the J6ers is 0.8%. The average 1 year US re-arrest rate, by contrast, is 43%.
funny how that works
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 11, 2026 10:07 AM (LmPA0)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 10:08 AM (kpS4V)
I think that's what most guys crave, but rarely have time or opportunity to experience.
And complete confidentiality with no gossipy follow up emails distributing embarrassing tell-all "prayer requests."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 11, 2026 10:09 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 10:09 AM (X+xvk)
The recidivism rate of the J6ers is 0.8%. The average 1 year US re-arrest rate, by contrast, is 43%.
funny how that works
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7)
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Well, false arrest, entrapment, job loss and bankruptcy might make people misbehave.
If only they were illegals, this would be a triumph of "scared straight!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 10:10 AM (ZOv7s)
The recidivism rate of the J6ers is 0.8%. The average 1 year US re-arrest rate, by contrast, is 43%.
funny how that works
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7)
To be fair to NYT they did the same analysis on antifa members arrested during the 2020 riots. Right?
Posted by: Heroq at April 11, 2026 10:11 AM (z0fc5)
Adrian Muñoz, 36, entered a no-contest plea on Friday to one felony count of grand theft and one misdemeanor count of petty theft.
The charges follow a 2023 investigation that revealed Muñoz leveraged his position of trust to pilfer belongings from the deceased.
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I hope there's a special place in Hell for those who steal valuables off a dead person's body.
I experienced it last year. And as I knew would be the case, the local LE investigation into who stole my wife's diamond ring off her finger after she passed went nowhere. Too many persons with access to her body -- ICU staff, hospital morgue employees, funeral home personnel -- and no one admitting to, so the case was closed.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 11, 2026 10:12 AM (Y1sOo)
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You know how it is when you go on a murder spree, things get misplaced in all the excitement.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 10:12 AM (ndZc7)
I rate this as plausible. We have the equipment to remove them. However, we should have hostages from the IRGC. Anybody shoots at our mine removal assets, they get buried in pig feces. Alive.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2026 10:14 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Crazy Al's Minesweepers at April 11, 2026 10:14 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Heroq at April 11, 2026 10:14 AM (z0fc5)
Damn auto cucumber.
Posted by: Heroq at April 11, 2026 10:15 AM (z0fc5)
But one manufactured 'kiss and cry rape' story and he's left a grease spot.
Both serve the needs of The Party. That is all that matters.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2026 10:16 AM (vTZFs)
@POTUS:
The Fake News Media has lost total credibility, not that they had any to begin with. Because of their massive Trump Derangement Syndrome (Sometimes referred to as TDS!), they love saying that Iran is “winning” when, in fact, everyone knows that they are LOSING, and LOSING BIG! Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti Aircraft apparatus is nonexistent, Radar is dead, their Missile and Drone Factories have been largely obliterated along with the Missiles and Drones themselves and, most importantly, their longtime “Leaders” are no longer with us, praise be to Allah! The only thing they have going is the threat that a ship may “bunk” into one of their sea mines which, by the way, all 28 of their mine dropper boats are also lying at the bottom of the sea. We’re now starting the process of clearing out the Strait of Hormuz as a favor to Countries all over the World, including China, Japan, South Korea, France, Germany, and many others. Incredibly, they don’t have the Courage or Will to do this work themselves. Very interestingly, however, empty Oil carrying ships from many Nations are all heading to the United States of America to LOAD UP with Oil..."
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:16 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Eromero
Prayers up. Monday is the last day of my sixth three week chemo process for the same thing. It's tough, but I'm feeling better and trust it will help.
Have faith and carry on.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 11, 2026 10:16 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 10:17 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:17 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2026 10:18 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:18 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 10:19 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: man
Clapton had a pretty popular song about it. Come to think of it, so did Weird Al.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 11, 2026 10:21 AM (cYBz/)
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Democrats on suicide watch.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 10:24 AM (Ia/+0)
@SecRubio
Masoumeh Ebtekar - also known as "Screaming Mary" - was the spokeswoman for the Islamic terrorists who stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days - subjecting them to beatings, starvation, and mock executions.
In 2014, the Obama Administration granted visas to her son and his family to enter the United States. In June 2016, the Obama Administration gave them lawful permanent resident status via the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program.
This week, I terminated their lawful permanent resident status and today, Seyed Eissa Hashemi, Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son are now in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement pending their removal from our country.
Her family should never have been allowed to benefit from the extraordinary privilege of living in our country.
America can never become home for anti-American terrorists or their families - and under the Trump Administration, it never will.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 11, 2026 10:24 AM (Suwql)
Trump Gives Iran 24 Hours Before “World’s Most Powerful Reset”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 10:17 AM (ndZc7)
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Everyone's a cat, and Trump has a laser pointer.
Again, I saw this coming, been trying to tell people that not only did Trump have a plan, he had the biggest, best, classiest and most sophisticated plan you've ever seen. Everyone says so. They really do.
China's level of being screwed is world-historical. Future generations will marvel at how rapidly the strategic balance shifted and the Chicoms went from being our greatest threat to our bitch.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 10:25 AM (ZOv7s)
Have faith and carry on.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 11, 2026 10:16 AM
Thanks for sharing that. It helps a lot to see what's on the road ahead.
Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2026 10:26 AM (LHPAg)
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Well, I'd like to see both of you burning in the hottest part of Hell so I guess we're on the same page.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 10:26 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 10:24 AM (Ia/+0)
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When someone says that want to kill you, believe them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 10:26 AM (ZOv7s)
Indeed! Lovely to hear there are still spontaneous helpers out there!!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 11, 2026 10:26 AM (Suwql)
Have faith and carry on.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 11, 2026 10:16 AM
Thanks for sharing that. It helps a lot to see what's on the road ahead.
Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2026 10:26 AM (LHPAg)
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God be with you.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 10:27 AM (ZOv7s)
How about just stopping Iran from being a massive pain in the ass to the entire world for 47 years?
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 11, 2026 10:28 AM (XMwZJ)
you are disappointing the drive by trolls!
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:28 AM (GD0B3)
Have details about the guy been published?
He had a distinctly non-Western name, which prompts one to wonder about his citizenship, ethnicity, religion. . . we've been here so many times before.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 11, 2026 10:29 AM (Suwql)
So sorry to hear about the Mrs. But please know that the spawn and I will be praying for her.🙏
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 11, 2026 10:29 AM (VCgbV)
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it is a little more complicated than it sounds
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:29 AM (GD0B3)
Perhaps whoever authorized those actions should have something legally unpleasant happen to them.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 11, 2026 10:29 AM (u5xQp)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 11, 2026 10:29 AM (kpS4V)
I experienced it last year. And as I knew would be the case, the local LE investigation into who stole my wife's diamond ring off her finger after she passed went nowhere. Too many persons with access to her body -- ICU staff, hospital morgue employees, funeral home personnel -- and no one admitting to, so the case was closed.
Posted by: one hour sober
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Utterly despicable. I have no words.
My Dad's ring went missing when he passed. All of us kids inquired about it. The silent indifference we were met with will never leave me.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 10:30 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 11, 2026 10:31 AM (Suwql)
They are now mounting various info ops to try to promote sectarian infighting, and this week a very liberal "journolist" pushed a bogus story that in January, the Dept. of War "summoned" the Papal Nuncio to the Pentagon and proceeded to demand that the Vatican get on board with attacking Iran, threatening Pope Leo with "another Avignon" if they didn't comply. This went viral of course, and while experience Catholic journalists laughed at it and immediately called b.s., it was widely circulated.
The War Dept. put out a statement saying it was garbage, and this was confirmed by our Vatican ambassador, but of course on-the-record named denials are always trumped by anonymous sources. Always. It's the new thing. (cont)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 10:32 AM (ZOv7s)
THIS
That's horrible about your wife's ring being stolen, just despicable!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 11, 2026 10:33 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 10:33 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: one hour sober at April 11, 2026 10:34 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 11, 2026 10:34 AM (9vFyc)
Perhaps whoever authorized those actions should have something legally unpleasant happen to them.
Hey, anyone recall where Valerie Jarrett grew up?
Posted by: Lizzy at April 11, 2026 10:35 AM (Suwql)
They are now mounting various info ops to try to promote sectarian infighting...
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We see in real time, don't we. Covens promotes herself a Catholic, then there was that bimbo who got kicked off Trump's Commission. Unfortunately, there are always useful idiots available for the reds (and greens) to use.
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:36 AM (GD0B3)
https://tinyurl.com/54rt9fcx
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 11, 2026 10:36 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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China's response will be war. They responded to Trump's first-term strategy to counter them by unleashing Covid. This time they'll be unleashing their navy. They have far superior ship-building capacity than we do, and a restless, angry population, which they will try to unite under a nationalist banner. Very similar to Japan before Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 10:37 AM (X+xvk)
Of course!
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 11, 2026 10:37 AM (VCgbV)
Finally, the Vatican put out a direct statement by their (now former) nuncio saying everything being printed was completely false and bore no resemblance to reality. Was there a retraction? Of course not.
I mention this in the context of Ted Cruz recently sharing an obviously AI screed on X about a weird conspiracy involving the SSPX and other strangeness. It was clearly designed to turn Evangelicals and Catholics against each other. It was also designed to knock out J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio as presidential candidates. Whether he knew it or not, he was also doing the Dems' work for them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 10:37 AM (ZOv7s)
What does that mean exactly?
A million views?
A billion?
And why would you believe the number of views is real?
Can't a simple software script be written to artificially inflate the number of views?
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 11, 2026 10:38 AM (2Ez/1)
WTAF? Diversity apparently means any anti-American terrorist POS is welcome to the USA. Because we just don't have enough those terrorist PhDs here...or something. Who the fuck came up with that brilliant plan? Our leaders, or erstwhile leaders, were truly scum.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 11, 2026 10:38 AM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 11, 2026 10:34 AM
I'm so sorry to hear that. Your Mom was such a sweet lady,
Posted by: Eromero at April 11, 2026 10:40 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: runner at April 11, 2026 10:36 AM (GD0B3)
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Yes. I'm all for friendly theological discussions and I'm not shy about my love for the Church and I hope others will find the peace I found there, but I also understand that we need to create a Christian United Front against the common foe.
I still think "Yard Sign Calvinism" is funny, but people didn't like it, so I stopped because it was supposed to be funny, not meant to antagonize my brothers and sisters in Christ.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 10:41 AM (ZOv7s)
Anna Wintour and Meryl Streep Take Aim at Melania Trump’s Fashion Choices
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It's weird. The Donks attacks accomplished women like Melania and Eric Kirk while supporting rapists like Swalwell, Clinton, and Muslims generally and they're still the cool chick party.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 10:41 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 11, 2026 10:41 AM (783te)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 10:42 AM (Ia/+0)
Haven't been around much and even though I just read all the comments, missed some things.
What is happening with Nurse, Eromero's wife?
Jordan, I know what you are going through. It is really hard when you become 24/7 caregiver. Please pay attention to your own health. So easy to not eat right.
TO be cont
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 11, 2026 10:42 AM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 11, 2026 10:42 AM (+89TD)
Prayers up for all.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 11, 2026 10:43 AM (2WIwB)
https://tinyurl.com/54rt9fcx
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
Well, it was a genocidal massacre . . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 10:43 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 10:43 AM (txiLK)
Anna Wintour and Meryl Streep Take Aim at Melania Trump’s Fashion Choices
IT'S FUNNY HOW GIRLBOSS FEMINISTS REVERT TO STEREOTYPICAL CATTY B#TCHEZZ AS SOON AS YOU DISAGREE WITH THEIR POLITICS.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at April 11, 2026 10:45 AM (Suwql)
Researchers had participants take a 15-minute light walk, either indoors or outdoors. They measured cognitive performance before and after using an "oddball task" (testing attention and working memory) and EEG for brain activity
Outdoor walkers showed a significant boost: faster reaction times overall, and a large increase (~71% in related reports) in P300 amplitude, indicating improved cognitive function.
Indoor walkers saw little to no such improvement in the same measures.
Conclusion: The outdoor environment itself appears to enhance cognition beyond just the physical exercise, possibly due to restorative effects of nature reducing directed attention demands.
Touch Grass. It works.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 11, 2026 10:45 AM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 11, 2026 10:45 AM (xT8gx)
Thanks Annie for the prayer list. A diamond mine today. Thanks, MH, for hosting the thread and the nice classical piece.
My prayers for all. Prayers welcomed for the physical and spiritual health of our family.
Mark 9:24 KJV
And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Posted by: mindful webworker - on with the day at April 11, 2026 10:45 AM (C2uPD)
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 10:37 AM (X+xvk)
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It very much was an accident and it badly damaged the CCP. Look up "white paper revolution" if you don't believe me. I mean it was a bioweapon, but the CCP promotes obedience over competence, and the leak was the result.
The same is true of their military, and Xi's ongoing purge of what appears to be the entire flag officer ranks does not speak of any great confidence.
Xi should have invaded in 2024. Biden would have fumbled it, our woke military would have sat quietly and done nothing. That window has closed. There are only a few weeks of good weather when they can mount an invasion and those are coming up fast - right when China is cripplingly short of oil. Timing is everything.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 10:46 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 11, 2026 10:45 AM (t/2Uw)
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When writing a book, I often take a short break and walk around the neighborhood for precisely that reason. It helps me figure out plot developments and stuff.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 10:47 AM (ZOv7s)
Conclusion: The outdoor environment itself appears to enhance cognition beyond just the physical exercise, possibly due to restorative effects of nature reducing directed attention demands.
Touch Grass. It works.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 11, 2026 10:45 AM (t/2Uw)
This makes sense to me. I jog, but the principle is the same…. I jog outdoors in cold of winter or heat of summer. The treadmill is a non-starter… I call it the dreadmill…. I love seeing the trees, grass, birds and feeling the breeze… and seeing other people
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 11, 2026 10:48 AM (xT8gx)
https://tinyurl.com/54rt9fcx
Uh, yeah. Because all "arches and geometric patterns" are uniquely Muslim just like all hair weaving is uniquely African.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 11, 2026 10:49 AM (vTZFs)
Anna Wintour and Meryl Streep Take Aim at Melania Trump’s Fashion Choices
Shorter: "Pro-Choice" feminists mock Melania's choices.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 11, 2026 10:49 AM (Suwql)
Posted by: Az Deplorable moron at April 11, 2026 10:51 AM (FsF2B)
Posted by: Mr. Ed, Esquire at April 11, 2026 10:52 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 10:52 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 11, 2026 10:52 AM (xT8gx)
Shorter: "Pro-Choice" feminists mock Melania's choices.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 11, 2026 10:49 AM (Suwql)
Did Streep deliver her bitchy little tirade with some kind of Eastern European accent?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 11, 2026 10:53 AM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 10:54 AM (Ia/+0)
China plans to deliver air defense systems to Iran in coming weeks, US intelligence reveals - CNN
US intelligence reports that China is preparing to deliver air defense systems to Iran within weeks, using third countries to conceal the shipments, as tensions rise in the region.
https://is.gd/UX1GJi
China denies doing this (probably because of Trump's 50% tariff for supplying arms to Iran), so I have to choose who's lying, CNN or China. Here is a perfect opportunity to invoke the healing power of "and".
Posted by: Archimedes at April 11, 2026 10:55 AM (Riz8t)
Gotta take the car in to get the snow tires swapped out, and also grit my teeth and do my taxes at some point. Bleh.
Posted by: PabloD at April 11, 2026 10:57 AM (8sD0/)
Posted by: Tom Servo
He's trying to kill Chicago Bob!
How The Corporate Media Spread Hoax Trump Threatened the Pope
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 11, 2026 10:58 AM (ndZc7)
Condolences! She was a great lady and her memory will be a blessing for many.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 11, 2026 10:59 AM (lFFaq)
The same is true of their military, and Xi's ongoing purge of what appears to be the entire flag officer ranks does not speak of any great confidence.
Xi should have invaded in 2024. Biden would have fumbled it, our woke military would have sat quietly and done nothing. That window has closed. There are only a few weeks of good weather when they can mount an invasion and those are coming up fast - right when China is cripplingly short of oil. Timing is everything.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I think the release of Covid was intentional. They certainly didn't do anything to stop the travel of the infected, and if their economy was going to suffer, every other nation was going to suffer, too. It also allowed the international Left to impose draconian limitations on their populations, all of which appeared to target people who championed individual freedom and belief in God.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 10:59 AM (X+xvk)
Which U.S. district court judge will slapped that down with a stay?
Posted by: one hour sober at April 11, 2026 11:00 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 11, 2026 11:01 AM (+89TD)
This is my post on Facebook about it:
https://tinyurl.com/2v7vaskc
Picture is me a looong time ago.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 11, 2026 11:02 AM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Japan was short on oil before Pearl Harbor. The United States has inexplicably cut our own navy in half, and most of that is tied down in operations vs. Iran. China is very, very open about acting against the U.S., and will happily use appeals to nationalism to pacify a restive populace.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 11:03 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Jen the original at April 11, 2026 11:04 AM (7MAtR)
Israel-hating, America-hating, Palestinian cheerleader Mahmoud Khalil has lost his appeal before the Board of Immigration Appeals and has been issued a final deportation order.
Which U.S. district court judge will slapped that down with a stay?
Posted by: one hour sober
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He has multiple appeals/cases going. We'll see if the deportation order overrides them. My prediction: go back to drinking.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 11:04 AM (n7rxJ)
They just concluded a meeting with Cheng Li-wun, the woman leading the opposition Kuomintang party, after inviting her over for the first discussions between them in a decade. She's playing along dutifully, and saying all the right things in regards to the Chinese being one people, etc.
Could be that Xi and the CCP realize their in a very tight spot right now, and it's best to go the diplomatic act in public, while doing everything they can to put the Kuomintang in power come the next election. They will probably wait and see how everything shakes out with the current geopolitical situation (wait until Trump is gone being #1) and if needed several years from now, invade, or back a KMT takeover, hostile or not, followed by reunification.
I don't see how they have much choice with the current state of things.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 11, 2026 11:09 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 11:09 AM (X+xvk)
Good to see the administration is still moving the bureaucracy out of DC.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 11, 2026 11:16 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at April 11, 2026 11:16 AM (kGdxl)
I don't see how they have much choice with the current state of things.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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They just deployed a huge naval armada, with all transponders turned off. They are building more islands and manufacturing more ships. They're very openly aligned with Mexican cartels, the Iranian regime, any and all willing to oppose America. Our nation has never been weaker since 1945. I don't know that they're going to be willing to let Trump try to revive American manufacturing and ship building while he establishes Fortress America and strengthens our military. It's a dicey calculation.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 11:16 AM (X+xvk)
Eromero, the time I spent with you and Mrs E at the last MoMe was the best part. Give her a hug from me and tell her I am sending healing thoughts her way.
{{{Nurse}}} You are the strong. Have to be to do what you do. I hope you get one of those days when you can sit by the water and just Be.
❤️❤️❤️
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 11, 2026 11:16 AM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 11:09 AM (X+xvk)
Post your request in the comments here. That will at least get you prayer this week and Annie Stew seems to try to add things mentioned in thread to the official list.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 11, 2026 11:18 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Jen the original
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Poor babies will live close to the job site. How disgusting.
Will no longer live in DC...the horror.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:19 AM (y79kU)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 11, 2026 11:19 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
That's great news. Been hoping he'd get a gig.
I'd hire him to help take care of our acreage, but a) I probably can't afford him and 2) Oklahoma is a fur piece away. (From him, not from me. 😁 )
Posted by: mindful webworker - hop skip and a looonnng jump at April 11, 2026 11:20 AM (C2uPD)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at April 11, 2026 11:20 AM (kGdxl)
https://tinyurl.com/2pmsed82
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 11:21 AM (X+xvk)
Good for FenSon
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:21 AM (y79kU)
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 11:09 AM (X+xvk)
Hmmm... it appears to work for me. What error are you seeing?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 11, 2026 11:22 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 11:23 AM (Ia/+0)
Don't know why you're surprised. They ran Kamala for President and now have AOC, Pete Butthjudge, and Jasmine Crockett as possible candidates. For President!
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 11, 2026 11:23 AM (t/2Uw)
WE HAZ A NOOD
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 11:23 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Sam Adams
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Maybe the way it is listed is throwing you off if you are looking at the top of the Prayer List.
It is a hotmail.com address, simply:
apaslo at hotmail dot com
Posted by: muldoon at April 11, 2026 11:24 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Just a message stating, "Please correct these email addresses before sending."
Skip, thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 11:24 AM (X+xvk)
https://tinyurl.com/2pmsed82
Posted by: Sam Adams
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Big coincidence and Big silence is telling.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 11:25 AM (y79kU)
apaslo at hotmail dot com
Posted by: muldoon
Muldoon,
Sincere thanks to you.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 11:25 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 11, 2026 10:34 AM
I am so sorry for your loss. It was always so nice to see her at the Texas MoMes - she was a very sweet lady, and will be missed.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 11, 2026 11:26 AM (783te)
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I will see your Eric Swallwell and raise you one Adam Schiff.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 11:26 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 11:27 AM (X+xvk)
China plans to deliver air defense systems to Iran in coming weeks, US intelligence reveals - CNN
US intelligence reports that China is preparing to deliver air defense systems to Iran within weeks, using third countries to conceal the shipments, as tensions rise in the region.
Posted by: Archimedes
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What a bunch of miserable bastards. What does China have against us? Be your commie selves and live in peace with the West. Why can't they do that?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 11:28 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 11, 2026 11:30 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Sam Adams*
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Include a link or it isn't real.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 11, 2026 11:30 AM (2Ez/1)
The US is in the Strait and is clearing it.
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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1h
🚨 BREAKING: US ships are CLEARING the Strait of Hormuz right in Iran's face during negotiations, with reports of ships directly crossing the Strait
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 11, 2026 11:31 AM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Communists cannot rest until they can starve people to death at will, eradicate all independent thought, and thoroughly eliminate any and all expressions of belief in God. That's why Democrats love them.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 11:31 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
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https://tinyurl.com/5ym9bjmk
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 11:34 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Sam Adams
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Try sending it to MisHum. His email is at the top of the left sidebar. I'm sure he can forward it on the Annie's Stew. Or at least find out if she is having email issues.
Posted by: muldoon at April 11, 2026 11:34 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 11:35 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 11:37 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: muldoon
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Thanks again, Muldoon.
Posted by: Sam Adams at April 11, 2026 11:37 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 11:50 AM (Sy6m/)
They are now mounting various info ops to try to promote sectarian infighting, and this week a very liberal "journolist" pushed a bogus story that in January, the Dept. of War "summoned" the Papal Nuncio to the Pentagon and proceeded to demand that the Vatican get on board with attacking Iran, threatening Pope Leo with "another Avignon" if they didn't comply. This went viral of course, and while experience Catholic journalists laughed at it and immediately called b.s., it was widely circulated.
The War Dept. put out a statement saying it was garbage, and this was confirmed by our Vatican ambassador, but of course on-the-record named denials are always trumped by anonymous sources. Always. It's the new thing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 11, 2026 10:32 AM (ZOv7s)
It's not true? I am disappoint.
Pres. Trump would have made certain that the Papal apartment would have been the classy-ist, bigly. None of these gold-plated fixtures, but solid gold. Plus an in-home theater to watch his Chicago Bears.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 11, 2026 12:10 PM (ksbjf)
Dad didn't even try to find the culprit because he knew it would not do any good.
Posted by: Beverly at April 11, 2026 03:13 PM (reMys)
Daily Tech News 11 April 2026
Top Story
- Look around, find the worst price! But don't buy before you come to Micro Center because we can't be beat! Our prices are insane! (WCCFTech)
And not in a good way. Elsewhere it would cost you an eye-burning $1600 to buy 128GB of RAM right now.
At Micro Center it's over $4000.
Western Digital and Samsung SSDs meanwhile have tripled in price in just the last three months, and there's little relief there with even cheaper brands using YMTC flash increasing by 50% or more.
Tech News
- Anthropic has banned the creator of OpenClaw from accessing Claude, labeling him a treacherous idiot commie weasel who smells bad. (Tech Crunch)
Fair enough.
- Google, Meta, Snap, and Microsoft have excoriated the European Parliament over abandoning a law that created a carve-out in privacy laws to allow online platforms to scan user content for evidence of sexual abuse and have vowed to continue to do so. (The Guardian)
Because under a separate law, the platforms are legally responsible for user content that contains evidence of sexual abuse.
They're just no longer allowed to regulate it.
A very, very European thing to do.
- The latest bit of software to get indirectly hacked to deliver malware have been the CPU-Z and HWMonitor tools from the CPUID project. (Bleeping Computer)
The software itself was fine, but the website was hacked to randomly deliver malware instead of the software you tried to download. If you downloaded either package in the last couple of days - the poisoned versions were online between April 9 and 10 - you might have a problem.
- Cutting off the tail of DRAM latency at the cost of, well, cost. (Tom's Hardware)
Tail Slayer is a neat bit of software that avoids having critical memory accesses delayed by DRAM refresh cycles.
But it does this by replicating your data across multiple channels of memory so you are never forced to access the memory module that is being refreshed at this precise instant.
Which works, yes, but is a very expensive solution.
Disclaimer: We have every type of memory here at Crazy Micro Center!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: olddog in mo at April 11, 2026 04:32 AM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 04:36 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 04:45 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 04:50 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip
>You need coffee, son.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 11, 2026 04:51 AM (Fbc0I)
since I was a kid, and for some reason I still remember laying in a crib at the foot of my parents bed and my bed was full of cabbages. I cried and they came to wake me up I think.....
Posted by: Colin at April 11, 2026 04:55 AM (e8qy3)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 04:55 AM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 11, 2026 05:03 AM (6TgNZ)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 05:05 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: clarence at April 11, 2026 05:07 AM (H1EjZ)
Funny stuff. They trashed the whole property.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 11, 2026 05:07 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: fluffy at April 11, 2026 05:10 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: Skip
My experience in the Netherlands fell a little flat.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 11, 2026 05:14 AM (KAi1n)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 11, 2026 05:16 AM (2/MrR)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 05:18 AM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 11, 2026 05:20 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 05:24 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 11, 2026 05:25 AM (6TgNZ)
I feel like I cheated myself out of years of higher enjoyment for no reason. No wait, I finally rewarded myself with higher future enjoyment! Yeah, that's the ticket. But seriously, consider getting better sound if you love sound and have been just "getting by."
Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 05:47 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 11, 2026 05:59 AM (fovWB)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 06:06 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 11, 2026 06:06 AM (5laSV)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 06:06 AM (Ia/+0)
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The Prince of Orange constructed a huge mound in the middle of the position to commemorate his (negative) role in the battle. The Duke of Wellington snarked, "They have ruined my battlefield!"
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 11, 2026 06:08 AM (5laSV)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 06:12 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 06:13 AM (Ia/+0)
Go west on RT-103 off exit 9 on I-89 in NH.
Maybe less historical interest than the one in Belgium, but they do have a covered bridge, so there is that going for it.
Posted by: fluffy at April 11, 2026 06:14 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 06:15 AM (VHUov)
Disclaimer: We have every type of memory here at Crazy Micro Center!
***
Does that include bad memories? Because you can keep those.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 06:16 AM (wzUl9)
Did you remember the combination on your locker?
Posted by: Chuck C at April 11, 2026 06:17 AM (D0HYP)
Posted by: Just Wondering at April 11, 2026 06:18 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026
***
Skip, you had a truck in your senior year? I was still riding the damn bus. There were a few of my classmates who had cars, but not many, or maybe the ones in my social circle didn't.
When I got to college the next year, the campus was full of cars and part of the orientation included how to obtain your parking permit. I hated going to that commuter school: It was just like high school, except vastly bigger and nobody knew me, and I had a 45-minute bus ride each way.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 06:19 AM (wzUl9)
A very, very European thing to do.
"Do you not know, my son, with how very little wisdom the world is governed?" - Count Axel Oxenstierna, 1648
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 06:20 AM (tgvbd)
*
Did you remember the combination on your locker?
Posted by: Chuck C at April 11, 2026
***
In my kind of dream, my locker would be a giant bank vault with a time lock.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 06:20 AM (wzUl9)
Does that include bad memories? Because you can keep those.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 06:16 AM (wzUl9)
I got plenty and would like to give them all away. Truly it is remarkable how minds like mine can retain and relive in excruciating detail every dumb, stupid and embarrassing incident in life.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 06:22 AM (tgvbd)
I'll wash and spray wax the car, hit the library, and maybe stop for an espresso at some point while I'm out. You?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 06:26 AM (Ia/+0)
K-6 we didn't even have buses. In 7th-8th, was 2 blocks short of having bus service; lived 5 minute walk from high school.
Now you see school buses picking up practically all kids.
Posted by: Nazdar at April 11, 2026 06:29 AM (NcvvS)
Starting at twelve I had to ride the bus to school. There were no junior highs or high schools within walking distance. Both bus rides were about twenty minutes each way *once you got on the bus*; waiting times varied.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 06:31 AM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/3jwf2n9r
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 11, 2026 06:31 AM (PFs9e)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 06:32 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: The Four Yorkshiremen at April 11, 2026 06:34 AM (eOFY+)
Posted by: Nazdar at April 11, 2026
***
Or long lines of mommies in SUVs, dropping off and picking up their sprogs. It's insane.
The only time I ever got *driven* to school was during a bus strike when I was attending the commuter college. I managed to get my father to drop me off. You'd have thought I was asking him to drive way out to the Gulf Coast. "You've been the one yelling at me to 'get that degree'," I reminded him. "If you'd taught me to drive and helped me buy a car two years ago, you wouldn't have this problem!"
I got a lift back home from one classmate or another, chipping in for gas. This was when gas was about .50/gal., which seemed high then.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 06:37 AM (wzUl9)
The best place to watch is at the bottom of the hill where most of the crashes are. If you are there for that sort of thing.
Posted by: fd at April 11, 2026 06:42 AM (vFG9F)
"Struggling Midwestern city that was once the pride of America now offering new residents $15,000 to move there"
Reading further I see it's Detroit. Maybe not.
Posted by: fd at April 11, 2026 06:47 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: M. Gaga at April 11, 2026 06:48 AM (KiBMU)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 06:48 AM (RIvkX)
Can't wait to see how the Party threads that needle.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 06:54 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 11, 2026 06:54 AM (u82oZ)
Reading further I see it's Detroit. Maybe not.
Posted by: fd at April 11, 2026
***
Most of those cities or states that offer you money to move there also insist that you have a business you're also relocating to their area.
When Detroit was the Paris of the West (1940s-1950s), I might have wanted to live there. But then they wouldn't have needed to bribe people to move in.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 06:57 AM (wzUl9)
How will the Dems proceed?
Shamelessly and flamboyantly fabulous.
Power seizing needs no moral justification to them.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 11, 2026 06:57 AM (u82oZ)
Please keep me updated with your plans. We have some options on meeting.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 11, 2026 06:59 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 06:59 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 11, 2026 07:02 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 07:03 AM (RIvkX)
HMS Dragon has been forced into port due to lack of water aboard ship.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 11, 2026 07:03 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 07:03 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 11, 2026
***
I will! My plan is to leave on Friday early and be in town by Sunday afternoon.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 07:04 AM (wzUl9)
(can we borrow some Fiji water?)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 07:06 AM (RIvkX)
Only with Trump leading the way is our own ossified gerontocracy being broken up.
GOPe killed the T.E.A. Party, so it is a unified effort.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 11, 2026 07:06 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:10 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 07:11 AM (RIvkX)
My first ship had the fresh water evaporators fail in the Caribbean. We had to UNREP for fresh water. But we managed. Got stories.
HMS Dragon could have UNREPed like we did. But they wanted to fail the mission. Very sad. In the USN, the CO, XO, Suppo, and Chief Engineer would all be fired for using that excuse.
What ever happened to UK
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 11, 2026 07:11 AM (u82oZ)
Baby steps. You have a new DA.
But you're right. I think of CA as a cyst filled with gangrene. There are some good cells still there, but the bad cells determine the outcome.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 11, 2026 07:13 AM (u82oZ)
It's just hard to believe my next congressman will be even worse than Pelosi.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 07:11 AM (RIvkX)
At least the Democratic fossils have some dim, distant memory of a more moderate party. The up and comings are full-bore, no-holds-barred DemSoc maniacs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 07:14 AM (tgvbd)
It is amazing that Senator Fetterman is being excoriated for the common sense he talks about, rather than praised for his extreme Left voting record.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 11, 2026 07:18 AM (u82oZ)
All they ever had was royalty and fine arts. The internet has revealed royalty to be scum and communism has ruined art. Islam will handle the demolition.
Posted by: Accomack at April 11, 2026 07:20 AM (pus6K)
was allowed to leave the country by a judge.
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:23 AM (Ia/+0)
But very p.o. about Visha's murderer walking free. The city is still very open season on the weak and vulnerable.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 11, 2026 07:24 AM (RIvkX)
Gonna get my Spring on today, have a lot of work this year and I gotta get to it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 11, 2026 07:24 AM (joBIh)
Posted by: Common Tater at April 11, 2026 07:26 AM (L7CUp)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 07:26 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Jen the original at April 11, 2026 07:26 AM (7MAtR)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 11, 2026 06:57 AM (wzUl9)
Funny how the Paris of the West, the Paris of the East (Beirut), and the Paris of the Middle all have turned out pretty much the same way.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 07:29 AM (txiLK)
Posted by: Narrator voice at April 11, 2026 07:30 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 11, 2026 07:31 AM (u82oZ)
There's been a Detroit comeback for what, 45 years now?
Any day...
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 07:32 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 11, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)
(D)s are stupid to make this an issue.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 11, 2026 07:34 AM (/+uur)
We'll always have Paris.
Texas. It's about 5 hours that a way.
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 07:35 AM (XuXeR)
Reading further I see it's Detroit. Maybe not.
Imagine the paperwork and paid bureaucrats that have to do the paperwork for such a scheme when they ain't be getting their hair and nails did.
Probably cost the city $60,000.00 for each $15,000.00 they give away.
Posted by: I smell a democrat swindle at April 11, 2026 07:36 AM (onPc6)
What a fucking disgraceful group of teachers and admins.
Hope they like the daily fucking they will get in Hell.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 11, 2026 07:37 AM (/+uur)
https://tinyurl.com/3xncby3z
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 07:39 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 11, 2026 07:39 AM (sAmhv)
Call it out. Fairfax High School.
Woke Central HS.
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 07:39 AM (XuXeR)
Oh, what a beautiful day
I'll have a beautiful feeling
If the front tire goes back on the gator easily
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 07:43 AM (yAteE)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 11, 2026 07:45 AM (MIIRH)
If the front tire goes back on the gator easily"
I've got both a 3 and 5 lb hammers you can borrow...
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 07:46 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Jen the original at April 11, 2026 07:46 AM (7MAtR)
Let's see how Tiger Woods is doing....Tiger Woods! Tiger Woods! Tiger Woods!
Hopefully Tiger Woods! will move up the leaderboard today! Tiger Woods!
Posted by: NBC Sports, Always Gotta Mention Tiger Woods at April 11, 2026 07:48 AM (onPc6)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 11, 2026 07:49 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 07:51 AM (yAteE)
Hopefully Tiger Woods! will move up the leaderboard today! Tiger Woods!
Posted by: NBC Sports, Always Gotta Mention Tiger Woods at April 11, 2026 07:48 AM (onPc6)
Woods is such a sleazoid. And it's not like he became one with fame. I could tell right from the beginning that his image was a façade for his sleazitude.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 11, 2026 07:52 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 11, 2026 07:52 AM (KAi1n)
Good morning, everyone. i've never been happier to have been wrong than I was last night. Prior to launch, I was 100% convinced that Artemis II would kill its crew if it even launched. Happy to be wrong! No one tell Smash that, please.
Posted by: BifBewalski at April 11, 2026 07:54 AM (U3tG/)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 11, 2026 07:55 AM (yAteE)
USN doesn't have those yet I think ... coming in 2029?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 11, 2026 07:57 AM (MIIRH)
mums the word, Bif. Hope you are all well
Posted by: Ben Had
so far, so good. rode the motorcycle down to Auburn yesterday for the state science fair judging today. very nice ride, warm clear weather. looking forward to the ride bqck home this afternoon too.
good luck with the gator flat this morning.
Posted by: BifBewalski at April 11, 2026 08:00 AM (U3tG/)
Renae, what have you got for us?
Posted by: Golf Channel, desperate for ratings at April 11, 2026 08:00 AM (2Ez/1)
BIL has one of those inflatable bags that hooks to an exhaust to lift... toys. Wonder if that sort of thing would help?
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 08:01 AM (XuXeR)
Genesis SUV or LandRover?
Which flips easiest?
Enquiring minds and all that...
Posted by: man at April 11, 2026 08:02 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Skip at April 11, 2026 08:02 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Limu Emu at April 11, 2026 08:03 AM (oftw2)
How Much Sawdust Can You Put Into Rice Krispies Treats Until People Begin To Notice.
Posted by: Purely hypothetical, you understand at April 11, 2026 08:05 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 11, 2026 08:15 AM (glnUu)
Posted by: SMOD at April 11, 2026 08:41 AM (O7XEN)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 11, 2026 08:51 AM (O7YUW)
Please Be gentle. It's My First ONT
Welcome to the ONT! Tonight we're going to consider the difference between reality and fantasy.
Practical joke
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) April 11, 2026
Which do you get rid of? For me, Mac n cheese
This is as dumb as freedom fries
If cartoon physics was real
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) April 11, 2026
FU Charge
Perfect 80s answer
Man on a mission
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) April 11, 2026
Bad idea
Line!
Cute
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) April 11, 2026
New ONT rule
It be like that sometimes
These guys again
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) April 11, 2026
Good wife
No, not that!
Perfect AI meme
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) April 11, 2026
Artemis meme
Be careful if your name is Tim
Windows 98 doin' a little jokey
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) April 11, 2026
That chick is toast
Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Marco Rubio:
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mindful webworker - pefection at April 10, 2026 09:59 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 10, 2026 09:59 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2026 10:02 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 10, 2026 10:02 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 10, 2026 10:02 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 10:03 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: mindful webworker - I believe you at April 10, 2026 10:03 PM (C2uPD)
We have a launch soon, but depending on how long the Artemis crew recovery stream goes, will determine where it will be shown.
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-21
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: April 10, 2026 (PDT)
Launch Time: 8:09 p.m. PDT (April 11, 0309 UTC, 05:09 CEST)
If Artemis stream ends, this link will show the launch
https://youtu.be/IourIC98t0Y
If Artemis stream doesn't end, watch the launch here
https://youtu.be/UHP2VUQmzXo
Posted by: Joyenz at April 10, 2026 10:04 PM (2F0/Y)
Currently in a hotel room in Austin - we are going to the George Strait concert
tomorrow night and we came in a day early to avoid having to deal with Austin traffic tomorrow evening.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 10, 2026 10:04 PM (783te)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 10:04 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: mindful webworker - is that food? at April 10, 2026 10:05 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 10, 2026 10:05 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Methos at April 10, 2026 10:06 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 10, 2026 10:06 PM (txiLK)
==
Mac is always a keeper. But the ugly Mex mess has to go !
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 10:06 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: banana Dream - Get it off, get off, get off of me! at April 10, 2026 10:06 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 10, 2026 10:07 PM (kpS4V)
*Clocks in*
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 10, 2026 10:07 PM (w3u3d)
This a joke, or is it really a re-run from backwhen?
Posted by: mindful webworker - I believe you at April 10, 2026 10:03 PM (C2uPD)
We've replaced WeirdDave with WeirdDave. Let's see if anyone notices.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2026 10:07 PM (S/Y4j)
The Astros may actually be worse than the Mariners.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 10:07 PM (A5RD0)
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I don't know whether to be aroused, hungry or confused.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 10:08 PM (vE0+H)
Dark and Stormy
Blackberry Moonshine (the real stuff, not that commercial garbage) or
Weller's?
Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2026 10:08 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 10, 2026 10:08 PM (7D3Aa)
Wings are more trouble than they're worth. Messy and lacking in meat volume. I know some people love them, but those people are wrong and should reexamine their life choices. All their life choices.
Posted by: a.moron at April 10, 2026 10:09 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 10, 2026 10:09 PM (w3u3d)
Except of course the holy hot dog.
That pizza looks like Pizza Hut. No tanks.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2026 10:09 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 10:09 PM (ndZc7)
The Astros may actually be worse than the Mariners.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 10:07 PM (A5RD0)
Mebbe the pitcher needs glasses.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 10, 2026 10:09 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2026 10:09 PM (/xQAZ)
One gets the impression that for the dog and chicken, Mom's had this happen before....
Posted by: RandomDave at April 10, 2026 10:09 PM (aJQbY)
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I don't know whether to be aroused, hungry or confused.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 10:08 PM (vE0+H)
You're already confused. Go find the turkey.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 10:09 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: t-bird at April 10, 2026 10:10 PM (/IZKJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 10:10 PM (+HNx/)
Fries, gone
Fried Chicken, gone
Now I can double on burgers, pizza, and whatever else I feel like.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 10:10 PM (/lPRQ)
Canuck is walking (with help) across the deck
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 10:10 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 10, 2026 10:10 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 10:11 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 10, 2026 10:11 PM (gpQ8/)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2026 10:11 PM (/xQAZ)
Me and that possum would get along great.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 10:12 PM (gKWVE)
And Christina walks across the deck, too.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 10:12 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 10:12 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: t-bird
Not that Kraft fluorescent orange imposter for sure. It's garbage. But many homemade M&C dishes are fantastic.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2026 10:12 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: RandomDave at April 10, 2026 10:12 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: PabloD at April 10, 2026 10:12 PM (8sD0/)
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at April 10, 2026 10:13 PM (J/K7z)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 10:09 PM (dK+Kv)
Am I that transparent
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 10:13 PM (vE0+H)
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To me, anything tastes better in a tortilla.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 10:13 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: banana Dream - Because meat at April 10, 2026 10:13 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 10, 2026 10:14 PM (gm9Sb)
One has to go - None. Single guy. I'm happy to eat.
That Canadiano thing was gay ass lame and so Canadian. Especially on a night the CBC is celebrating a hitchhiker on America's coat tails
I'm going to check in after a movie but I was wondering. Nearly 10 years ago, I had to go to the ER. Something was inflamed - not appendix - I was in terrible pain - my worst ever and they operated immediately. Whatever it was popped out of nowhere.
So, for space trips or trips to Antarctica, I wonder if people get preventative surgeries. Whatever I had, do people or agencies operate to prevent something where surgery would be impossible?
There was a documentary about an incredibly long desert race and a guy died suddenly with an inflamed whatever...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 10:14 PM (Sco7b)
Question for the older Morons...have any of you had a film develop after cataract surgery that has to be removed to be able to see better? Jules just saw the eye surgeon today for such a thing.
Which meant a trip to DeKalb, where there is a Hy-Vee grocery store. We are like kids in a candy store, there' so much variety compared to Dixon. Any others here who love this chain? I think they are limited to the Midwest.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 10, 2026 10:14 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 10, 2026 10:14 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: banana Dream - Because fry at April 10, 2026 10:14 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2026 10:15 PM (RIvkX)
Victor and Wiseman walked as well. All four are now inside to the medical bay. That's pretty much a wrap.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 10:15 PM (w6EFb)
One thing we figured out was if you hang your head upside down off a chair your chin becomes your nose as you talked and we thought this was hysterical.We then started lying on the floor when relatives visited and laughing. They thought we were very happy children (altho a bit odd).
I think the kid pooped and Dad found out when they stopped the bike.
I was not as cruel as the wife whose husband had the snip. Altho I did spend a lot of time laugh/crying for the first hour or so seeing his red bikini briefs. He may kill me someday for writing this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 10:15 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 10, 2026 10:15 PM (tg5bM)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Awwwww. I was at Costco today and saw a Lego sea otter set for $100.
Perhaps I’ll tell my boys they can get me one for Mother’s Day.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 10:15 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 10:15 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 10, 2026 10:15 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 10:16 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 10:16 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)
Chicken wings. Scrap pieces of chicken. We use to feed them to the pigs.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/)
Agreed. Those things are 60% bone.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2026 10:16 PM (/xQAZ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 10:16 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2026 10:16 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 10, 2026 10:09 PM (w3u3d)
Factory paint code W1.
Posted by: a.moron at April 10, 2026 10:17 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 10:17 PM (vE0+H)
I’ve heard Canada referred to as what happens when Reddit is a country. It’s perfect.
Posted by: Heroq at April 10, 2026 10:18 PM (z0fc5)
Make em crispy, then do the Franks' sauce as usual.
1/4 the price, and LOADS of meatiness.
Posted by: MkY at April 10, 2026 10:18 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Farmer
Never been to a Hy-Vee but, I drove an hour to a Publix today. The floors were clean, fully stocked shelves with lots of choices, the clerks were personable and helpful and the carts actually tracked where YOU wanted them to go. The produce was even fresh!! Completely unlike the Kroger's, Food Citys and Sav-alots here in town.
I damn near thought I was hallucinating. Worth the drive.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2026 10:19 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/)
...why does movie The Silence of the Lambs come to mind...
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 10:19 PM (GD0B3)
I'd have steak because I love steak. I'd make it myself. Reverse sear.
Posted by: banana Dream - Because meat at April 10, 2026 10:19 PM (3uBP9)
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To me, anything tastes better in a tortilla.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 10:13 PM (+HNx/)
Hey, sailor !
Posted by: Katie Porter's Bovine Snizz at April 10, 2026 10:20 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: a.moron at April 10, 2026 10:09 PM (X5Jzz)
Even more messy and sloppy when dipped in sauce. Not a big fan of dipping.
Posted by: Joemarine at April 10, 2026 10:20 PM (y171U)
While I might currently look like I graze on fast food I haven't had any in decades. I am convinced the teens spit in my food and nope!
If starving on a road trip in the past I'd have a milkshake at McDonld's and mooch a few fries off my dude.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 10:20 PM (WONhk)
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it's a cheese-like material
the macaroni is real, though
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2026 10:21 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2026 10:21 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Heroq at April 10, 2026 10:21 PM (z0fc5)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 10, 2026 10:22 PM (tg5bM)
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 10:22 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 10:22 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 10, 2026 10:22 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Bob at April 10, 2026 10:22 PM (cNhbl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)
I had cataract surgery a few years ago.
There can be a membrane that forms behind the lens.
Lasers are your friends here.
I had mine removed by the doctor in the office.
Painless, quick and easy. He also tracked down some floaters and zapped them.
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at April 10, 2026 10:23 PM (NvtJi)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 10, 2026 10:06 PM (txiLK)
Sounds like a Transylvanian transvestite thing.
Posted by: Methos at April 10, 2026 10:23 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 10:23 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2026 10:24 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2026 10:24 PM (/xQAZ)
Missing the joke.
Explain, as you would a child.
https://youtu.be/BxacATCHrpo
Posted by: mindful webworker - what th' at April 10, 2026 10:24 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2026 10:24 PM (cYBz/)
Which meant a trip to DeKalb, where there is a Hy-Vee grocery store.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 10, 2026 10:14 PM (55Qr6)
Yes. No big deal, laser and quick and a bit of dry eye for a day. Never bothered my vision as the eye doc saw it and blasted the laser. I think it's scar tissue or something and common.
I only had my weird cateracts removed because I was tired of contacts and glasses. They never grew and were seen when I was 40yrs old. Because I am special, unique and have weird stuff happen in the 0.02%.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 10:25 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 10:25 PM (3ek7K)
Thank you for ONT content WD!
Looks like a flawless splashdown and recovery.
But looks like Gutfeld is preempted! Sadzzzz...LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 10, 2026 10:25 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: banana Dream - Get it off, get off, get off of me! at April 10, 2026 10:06 PM (3uBP9)
I prefer hobos....
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at April 10, 2026 10:26 PM (J/K7z)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2026 10:26 PM (/xQAZ)
By growing up in the 60's and 70's.
Best music.
Best cars.
Mini skirts.
Great schools.
Slide rules.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)
Missing the joke.
-
Sean Bean is in both Game of Thrones and The Lord of the Rings.
Winter is coming is a GoT meme, while the image is LotR.
Posted by: Methos at April 10, 2026 10:26 PM (vSvIl)
Dog story.
So, on my typical walk, I've met a young lady and her new dog (Millie) a few times now. At first, Millie was kind of scared of me, the young lady owner was "Well, I only adopted her a couple of days ago from the shelter."
The next time, Millie was like "Okay, you can pet me. I think. Maybe. Not sure I like this."
Today, I met them again, and Millie was like "OMG it's that guy who pets me! Pet me more!" And the young lady and I formally introduced each other.
Made my day.
PS: No, romance is not in the offing. That ship sank some time ago. Just nice to meet nice people and nice dogs.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 10, 2026 10:26 PM (CHHv1)
Back from the beach in San Diego. There were lots of people watching the splashdown on their phones and straining to see or hear something, but nah. A nice guy let me look through his field glasses at some little things in the water.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 10:26 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2026 10:27 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Joyenz at April 10, 2026 10:27 PM (2F0/Y)
Mr. Canadiano defines what's wrong with Canada. They think their biggest accomplishment is not being American. Is there anything stupider and gayer than that?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 10:27 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Heroq at April 10, 2026 10:28 PM (z0fc5)
Burger, Fried Chicken, French Fries and Tacos (but only if I make them) .
Tonight is content rich- well done!
Posted by: sal at April 10, 2026 10:28 PM (f+FmA)
As long as spaetzle with bacon and cheese isn't included in that.
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 10:29 PM (AtdJg)
41 Nice touch making it the "Tex Avery" law firm. IYKYK.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2026 10:11 PM (/xQAZ)
I loved that!
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 10, 2026 10:29 PM (txiLK)
Mr. Canadiano defines what's wrong with Canada. They think their biggest accomplishment is not being American. Is there anything stupider and gayer than that?
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Trump should formally revoke their designation as America's Hat
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 10:29 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Stuntman Mike, Death Proof at April 10, 2026 10:29 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 10, 2026 10:29 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: a.moron
I'd ditch the wings too.
Coworker did show me this neat trick to eating wings though -
Hold wing vertical against plate with one finger, using fork push all meat down off bone to plate, eat meat with fork, then flick bone away with fork like it is a paper football.
Try it. It really works and is mess free.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 10:29 PM (/lPRQ)
Going to get the camper out of storage and take it to a local regional park campsite next week and make sure everything still works.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 10, 2026 10:30 PM (QGaXH)
Which meant a trip to DeKalb, where there is a Hy-Vee grocery store. We are like kids in a candy store, there' so much variety compared to Dixon. Any others here who love this chain? I think they are limited to the Midwest.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 10, 2026 10:14 PM (55Qr6)
I'm in Central Iowa, home of Hy-Vee. They're OK, and they do have big, clean stores with a lot of stuff, but more expensive than other, smaller local stores. One thing I like is that the liquor department doesn't ask for a birth date or ID if you're an old fart.
The closest one to me has a walk-in cigar humidor in a corner of the liquor department. I'm not a big cigar guy, but that seems kind of cool for a grocery store. Also, in Iowa you can buy hard liquor at the grocery store at 8:00 AM on Sunday morning, which is not the case in some other states where I've lived.
Posted by: a.moron at April 10, 2026 10:30 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 10, 2026 10:30 PM (snZF9)
My first date with him, almost 16yrs, and I doubt anyone has a similar story: my brother, on our long drivway as the guy drove his Charger away, was on all fours barking at us from a ditch. A real conversation starter.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 10:30 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 10:27 PM (tgvbd)
And the whole adding a u to o words thing.
Posted by: Heroq at April 10, 2026 10:30 PM (z0fc5)
He looks exactly like our dog.
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 10:25 PM (3ek7K)
***
I'm not saying that looks like Fun Size Joe, and I'm not saying it doesn't. But might avoid Thanksgiving at Weasel's this year.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2026 10:30 PM (2WIwB)
Missing the joke.
-
Sean Bean is in both Game of Thrones and The Lord of the Rings.
Winter is coming is a GoT meme, while the image is LotR.
Posted by: Methos at April 10, 2026 10:26 PM (vSvIl)
One does not simply mix Sean Bean memes.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2026 10:31 PM (/xQAZ)
Winter is coming is a GoT meme, while the image is LotR.
Posted by: Methos
¡Gracias!
Wow, I missed out on Game of Thrones. I feel so culturally depraved.
Posted by: mindful webworker - depredations at April 10, 2026 10:31 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 10:27 PM (tgvbd)
Well, there is a certain class of Canadians that thinks like that: CBC viewers, Liberals, and queers. BIRM
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 10:31 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 10:27 PM (tgvbd)
Nope.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 10, 2026 10:32 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: banana Dream - A great interview question at April 10, 2026 10:32 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
This was the whole premise behind Stranger Things - Upside Down Verse, where everything is dark and evil... until it turned gay.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: sal at April 10, 2026 10:33 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 10:31 PM (utfVc)
Alberta should conquer canada.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 10, 2026 10:33 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 10:08 PM (vE0+H)-
I know, usually you apply an egg wash first to get good adhesion for the breading
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 10:33 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: mindful webworker - depredations at April 10, 2026 10:31 PM (C2uPD)
What little I saw of it I would describe as a bunch of aholes doing things I don't want to see. I've never been a real fan of trainwreck tv, outside a few comedies.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 10:34 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2026 10:31 PM (/xQAZ)
I thought Sean Bean was Mr. Bean. Apparently not. Who knew?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 10:34 PM (utfVc)
It’s a sight to behold.
Posted by: Heroq at April 10, 2026 10:34 PM (z0fc5)
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I don't know whether to be aroused, hungry or confused.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 10:08 PM (vE0+H)
Yes.
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 10:35 PM (AtdJg)
Well, there is a certain class of Canadians that thinks like that: CBC viewers, Liberals, and queers. BIRM
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 10:31 PM (utfVc)
____________
Sad to say, the loudmouth, braying CBC viewers, Liberals and queers are the only ones we're allowed to hear from.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 10:35 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 10:35 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Heroq at April 10, 2026 10:35 PM (z0fc5)
'S been a long day. Woke up early thanks to a certain black cat and his hobby of leaping over and kicking me long before dawn. Then at noon, we were off to a free luncheon/lecture at my former employer, visits to which I refer to as "smuggling myself back into the Russian sector." Food was good -- Mexican, with soft tortillas, chicken or pork or veggie (or all three if you liked), salsa and chips.
The speaker was a "brain institute" professor of psych -- they actually do something like science in that department; there's no counseling concentration. She told us (in a voice much like late actress Jean Arthur's) that estrogen treatments had been found to increase dementia, but only under certain conditions, and that the male brain and the female brain have the same concentration of estrogen in them. Huh.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2026 10:36 PM (wzUl9)
I know, usually you apply an egg wash first to get good adhesion for the breading
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 10:33 PM (rbvCR)
Do you know I was out of eggs a few weeks ago so instead of egg white I had the bright idea to adhere my sesame seeds to a loaf with milk. If I told you the loaf had about 8% of the seeds left after it baked and was moderately handled........
So, milk may kind of look a little like watered down Elmer's but don't let that fool you like it fooled me...
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 10:36 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: banana Dream - A great interview question at April 10, 2026 10:32 PM (3uBP9)
No matter, I'd still pick it up and eat it.
Posted by: 13times at April 10, 2026 10:36 PM (ljAqb)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 10, 2026 10:33 PM (snZF9)
We could turn off the taps.
I have decided that this year, I will buy only Alberta-made beer. Not giving my beer money to some megacorp based in Trawna.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 10:37 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2026 10:09 PM (S/Y4j)
Well, that's just dumb. It would be a SPACE otter.
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 10:37 PM (AtdJg)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 10:30 PM (WONhk)
Went to college with a guy who worked for the Hostess company. His best pickup line was "At Hostess, I ran the machine that put the cream into the twinkies." Damned if he didn't get a lot of conversations going with that.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2026 10:37 PM (2WIwB)
I think the toast idea is nasty and weird.
I need to go watch Tousi because he tells me what's going on in Iran. I love his accent, humor and he's hot. My husband knows, so it's not a secret. He knows everything about me which is either good or bad as I'm not sure.
Have a great weekend, y'all! Blows supermodel kisses but not from injected filler lips which are gross!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 10:37 PM (WONhk)
Fags.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 10:35 PM (A5RD0)
Messy is part of the charm.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 10, 2026 10:38 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2026 10:39 PM (/xQAZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 10:35 PM (tgvbd)
The American mass media are no better.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 10:39 PM (utfVc)
Alberta should conquer canada.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 10, 2026 10:33 PM (snZF9)
___________
The Gun Thread should conquer Canada.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 10:39 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 10:40 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 10, 2026 10:40 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 10:22
Sounds like you did. You just got home a bit ago IIRC. It's nice to travel but always esp nice to get back home after a bit.
That's one thing I miss a lot about not farming any more...burning off a grassy or weedy area and then the clean result when it greens up. We had some areas that had prairie seeds in the soil's seedbank and sometimes there would be a surprise bloom of a bunch of them.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 10, 2026 10:40 PM (55Qr6)
The American mass media are no better.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 10:39 PM (utfVc)
_____________
This is unquestionably true.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 10:40 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: sal at April 10, 2026
***
I. what little I saw of GoT, and in the first book in the series, everybody kept saying "Winter Is Coming," but it never seemed to arrive. And you say there were dragons? When did they show up?
Personally? I've about had it with dragons. Just about every change you can imagine has already been rung on them. When I developed my own created world for a novel some years ago, I decided there were no dragons. I had nothing new to say about them and anything I might do with them would already be bordering on a cliche.
(Plus I was really tired of Dragonriders of Pern fans and their fan fiction)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2026 10:41 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 10:42 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Common Tater at April 10, 2026 10:42 PM (eOudo)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 10:42 PM (Fbc0I)
(Plus I was really tired of Dragonriders of Pern fans and their fan fiction)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2026 10:41 PM (wzUl9)
Stealth dragons with missiles could be a thing.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 10, 2026 10:43 PM (snZF9)
With so many details, so many things that could go wrong, it's a material miracle. And it would have been reeally a bummer if there'd been catastrophe. Don't need that right now.
Posted by: mindful webworker - 'Merica! at April 10, 2026 10:43 PM (C2uPD)
(Plus I was really tired of Dragonriders of Pern fans and their fan fiction)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2026 10:41 PM (wzUl9)
I have a story idea that dragons ate actually descended from the serpent in the Garden of Eden story. Satan rewards the snake by giving it limbs and wings.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2026 10:44 PM (/xQAZ)
Posted by: Anne McCaffrey at April 10, 2026 10:44 PM (gKWVE)
Spent M-Th supporting breast surgeon. Her patients all have breast cancer. One had a recurrence of her cancer and she’s 19weeks pregnant with an IVF baby. Heartbreaking.
Took a toll on me. Today was a hard day. I went for my walk on the beach and cried much of the way.
Lucy is worried and keeps wanting pets and lovies.
Blessings to all y’all.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 10:45 PM (A5RD0)
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Where does the gutsy non-binary girlboss come in?
Posted by: Hollywood at April 10, 2026 10:45 PM (+HNx/)
(Plus I was really tired of Dragonriders of Pern fans and their fan fiction)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2026 10:41 PM (wzUl9)
You ought to do a Bored of the Rings style sendup of dragon lit. Make the dragons like wise-cracking low rent ghetto thugs. The get drunked up, get the hiccups, and blow little fireballs out of their asses.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 10:46 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 10, 2026 10:46 PM (txiLK)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2026
***
I gotta say, I wish I'd thought of that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2026 10:46 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 10:45 PM (A5RD0)
Will you be in a different area soon..
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 10:46 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 10:47 PM (0aYVJ)
Launch Time: 8:27 p.m. PDT (April 11, 0327 UTC, 05:27 CEST)
https://youtu.be/IourIC98t0Y
Posted by: Joyenz at April 10, 2026 10:47 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 10:47 PM (3uBP9)
The Cajun Navy could take'm. Doesn't want it, tho....
"Blessings to all y’all."
You too. There's been way too much ... around here lately. God, I hope we're not growing old...
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 10:47 PM (XuXeR)
Jeffries and Schiff need to stop damning Swalwell's accusers with such faint backing. #BelieveAllWomen and demand he resign from Congress today!
Posted by: SciVo at April 10, 2026 10:48 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: tankdemon
Way I heard it was, the Garden snake had limbs and afterward the Almighty took those away.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Genesis 2:30. at April 10, 2026 10:48 PM (C2uPD)
Bond. James Bond...
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 10:42 PM (XuXeR)
Sean Bean played 006 in GoldenEye and Rowan Atkins (Mr. Bean) was in Never Say Never Again.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2026 10:49 PM (/xQAZ)
The Appalachians have entered the chat...
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 10:49 PM (XuXeR)
(Doing my Sheriff Andy Taylor of Mayberry impression, you see.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2026 10:49 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Case at April 10, 2026 10:50 PM (pvf3X)
The ARNP I support is back on Monday. We do necks and backs and hips, shoulders and knees.
She’s also an acupuncturist. It’s an interesting mix of eastern and western medicine.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 10:51 PM (A5RD0)
Currently in a hotel room in Austin - we are going to the George Strait concert
tomorrow night and we came in a day early to avoid having to deal with Austin traffic tomorrow evening.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 10, 2026 10:04 PM (783te)
Teresa, hope you have a good time at the concert!
Posted by: Joemarine at April 10, 2026 10:51 PM (y171U)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 10:45 PM (A5RD0)
Sending hugs, dear lady. That's a tough week.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 10:51 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 10:52 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2026 10:52 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 10:53 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 10:46 PM (utfVc)
So Hancock, but with more CGI?
Posted by: Methos at April 10, 2026 10:53 PM (vSvIl)
New T-Zero: 8:58 p.m. PDT (April 11, 0358 UTC, 05:58 CEST)
https://youtu.be/IourIC98t0Y
Posted by: Joyenz at April 10, 2026 10:54 PM (2F0/Y)
The other was the sort which better follows the laws of physics. The swamp dragon. Basically an incontinent crocodile. It can sometimes light up its methane burps to roast food.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 10:55 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 10:51 PM (A5RD0
That sounds better. Good. Bless you. And have a good night.
Snowflake's on my bednow. Too cute.
Videos comung soon!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 10:56 PM (Sco7b)
Where are you staying?
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 10, 2026 10:56 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 10, 2026 10:57 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 10:45 PM (A5RD0)
Sorry you had such a rough week. Rest and recharge this weekend.
What do you find on your beach? Shells, beach glass or stones? I like them all and want to go to a beach glass beach someday. Collected shells and some glass on the Atlantic in FL (we were on a barrier island about 45min from the Cape) for 20yrs.
Now in the mountains and I still bring home rocks. I have always been this way. As a kid, fossils and arrowheads from our farm.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 10:58 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: mindful webworker - depredations at April 10, 2026 10:31 PM (C2uPD)
Hmmm, I would correct you (to "deprived"), but I think I know you. I'm not really sure which is correct.
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 10:58 PM (AtdJg)
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How do you say Wolverine! in Farsi?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 10:59 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 10:59 PM (BT3km)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2026 10:09 PM (S/Y4j)
Well, that's just dumb. It would be a SPACE otter.
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 10:37 PM (AtdJg)
At least I didn't say it was Hank "tip the island over" Johnson.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2026 11:00 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2026 11:00 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: mindful webworker - the miracle of modern medicine at April 10, 2026 11:01 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 10, 2026 10:57 PM (snZF9)
Lord, I hope so. The people of Iran have been subjugated for a very long time, but there seems to be a defiance. I pray that they rise up.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 11:01 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 11:03 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2026 11:00 PM (XV/Pl)
Good fried chicken is very good indeed. Popeyes is not bad, for fast-food chicken. We have a local chain in the Calgary area called Chicken On The Way. Been in business since 1958. They chip their own potatoes for fries, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 11:03 PM (utfVc)
......
Tails. Duh.
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 11:04 PM (BT3km)
Posted by: GWB
Heh. If you see malapropensities in my commences, it's not iggerance nor autocorreck, it's probably on porpoise.
Posted by: mindful webworker - or it mot be muh Okie-ese at April 10, 2026 11:05 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: Farmer
Never been to a Hy-Vee but, I drove an hour to a Publix today. The floors were clean, fully stocked shelves with lots of choices, the clerks were personable and helpful and the carts actually tracked where YOU wanted them to go. The produce was even fresh!! Completely unlike the Kroger's, Food Citys and Sav-alots here in town.
I damn near thought I was hallucinating. Worth the drive.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2026 10:19 PM (cYBz/)
Mid-1980's we go to visit my parents at Christmas in the small town twenty or so miles south of Melbourne, Fl that they retired to. 5 PM my mom needs something from Publix. We live in Los Angeles where 5 PM in the grocery store is like Black Friday at Walmart. We get to Publix, store is practically empty, clean, neat, soft elevator music in the background. We get our item, go to the front to pay. Not one but two clerks waiting by their cash registers to check us out......
Different world......
I have never been to a Hy-Vee. Hope to make it to a Buc-ees this year.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 10, 2026 11:06 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2026 11:07 PM (/xQAZ)
those who have called for him to drop out of the CA Gov race -- such as Hakeem Jeffries and Adam Schiff -- have *not* called for his resignation.
Posted by: SciVo
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lol Katie Porter has.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 11:08 PM (n7rxJ)
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How do you say Wolverine! in Farsi?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 10:59 PM (+HNx/)
He had footage of one dude lighting up a check point.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 10, 2026 11:08 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
I watched his earlier episode where they had some guy basically just approach one of their 'checkpoints' and took down two of them. I do not think they can fathom that some dudes might have some guns and just shoot them on the spot.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 11:08 PM (/lPRQ)
>>Good fried chicken is very good indeed.
I hear yah, but I might have fried chicken twice in a year at most.
It's just not something I crave, now Wings on the other hand, I can tear through two dozen on the regular.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2026 11:09 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 10:45 PM (A5RD0)
We'll pray for the patients.
God's comfort to you, nurse.
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 11:09 PM (gOLlB)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 10, 2026 11:09 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 10:47 PM (XuXeR)
It's generally considered better than the alternative.
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 11:10 PM (gOLlB)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 11:08
She also wants them to get the F@#! out of her screen shot!
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 10, 2026 11:11 PM (55Qr6)
Oh, a bit of everyrhing on my beach. I also find jade and jasper. I found a six gill shark washed up a couple years ago. Creepy.
No sea otters though.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 11:12 PM (A5RD0)
"Got you a good one."
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 11:12 PM (BT3km)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 11:13 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 10:59 PM (+HNx/)
"voloron" according to Google translate.
Which at least sounds like it could be vicious.
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 11:14 PM (gOLlB)
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 11:14 PM (BT3km)
"Got you a good one."
Posted by: wth
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How drugged up were you? Not sure if that was a compliment...🤣😂
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 10, 2026 11:14 PM (VCgbV)
Scroll through here. This outfit got some fantastic shots of the Orion capsule via telescope on the way and back home from the Moon:
https://is.gd/Y035xp
You'll have to squint your eyes and look around, but you'll soon find a tiny white dot moving against the background stars.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 11:16 PM (w6EFb)
I grew up in the land of Hy Vee, about 7 miles north of the Eastern Iowa Airport.
Brothers and an uncle worked for Hy Vee, some longer than others.
An honorable store, with prices a bit higher than some, with good quality.
Plus, some NASCAR sponsorship these days...
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at April 10, 2026 11:17 PM (kzFW7)
By growing up in the 60's and 70's.
Best music.
Best cars.
Mini skirts.
Great schools.
Slide rules.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)
Millennials: 'Slide rules'? Who/what's this 'slide' you speak of? And why does he/she/it 'rule' as you say.....???
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 10, 2026 11:18 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 11:19 PM (BT3km)
Posted by: liverouletteguide.net at April 10, 2026 11:17 PM (Qfsd/)
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 11:19 PM (gOLlB)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 11:20 PM (gKWVE)
Was at my usual cigar store today and a guy said we might get a sonic boom out of the re-entry. Nah - as far as I can tell. Back in the day, of much more flight activity and looser rules, sonic booms were not uncommon (when Miramar was a Navy base).
I also didn't see the spectacular Space-X booster plume from Vandenberg earlier this week. Recall seeing some good ones waaaay back, as a kid.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 11:21 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Joyenz at April 10, 2026 11:21 PM (2F0/Y)
They released me soon after. I wasn't there long.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 11:21 PM (Sco7b)
Someone asked the Flight Director what were those plumes visible during the parachute drop on the IR camera view.
It was indeed RCS thrusters. Even when the chutes are open, they're still using those to control the attitude of the spacecraft. He said they want to make sure it hits the water just so.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 11:21 PM (w6EFb)
They want a lot of children, so I may be a grandpa in a year or so.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 11:22 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 10, 2026 11:22 PM (QGaXH)
those who have called for him to drop out of the CA Gov race -- such as Hakeem Jeffries and Adam Schiff -- have *not* called for his resignation.
Posted by: SciVo
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lol Katie Porter has.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
MOOOOOOoooooooo!! (throws feces)
Posted by: Katie Porter at April 10, 2026 11:22 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: SciVo at April 10, 2026 11:23 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 11:23 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
.......
Oh they loved me. Really. I only asked for one sponge bath.
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 11:23 PM (BT3km)
Twenty-three minutes ago:
Rep. Eric Swalwell
@RepSwalwell
Hear it directly from me. These allegations are flat false. And I will fight them.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2026 11:24 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 11:20 PM (gKWVE)
Ah, good point.
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 11:24 PM (gOLlB)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 11:24 PM (NbwYI)
One hopes they're genuine, but hard to say.
More reliable are the clips of drones (presumably Israeli) hitting checkpoints in a few major cities - though those are currently not appearing, probably due to the "ceasefire".
Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 11:24 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 10:59 PM (+HNx/)
"voloron" according to Google translate.
Which at least sounds like it could be vicious.
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 11:14 PM (gOLlB)
Lion Voloron was pretty vicious. Vehicle Voloron, not so much.
Posted by: Methos at April 10, 2026 11:25 PM (vSvIl)
No sea otters though.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 11:12 PM (A5RD0)
Jade and jasper! Gorgeous!
Take care and have a great weekend.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 11:25 PM (WONhk)
Blonde Morticia, which beach did you go to? Just curious.
Was at my usual cigar store today and a guy said we might get a sonic boom out of the re-entry. Nah - as far as I can tell.
Posted by: rhomboid
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Mission Beach/Pacific Beach, depending on where you draw the line. I saw a lot of people clustered on Crystal Pier, but I was a tad south.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 11:26 PM (n7rxJ)
@RepSwalwell
Hear it directly from me. These allegations are flat false. And I will fight them.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2026 11:24 PM (n1OCj)
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You go girl!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 11:26 PM (nWPIJ)
...
@RepSwalwell
Hear it directly from me. These allegations are flat false. And I will fight them.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2026 11:24 PM (n1OCj)
You'll know the knife twist is real if Fang Fang starts making allegations.
Posted by: Methos at April 10, 2026 11:27 PM (vSvIl)
Rep. Eric Swalwell
@RepSwalwell
Hear it directly from me. These allegations are flat false. And I will fight them.
Posted by: The ARC of History
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*pops popcorn *
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 10, 2026 11:27 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 11:27 PM (BT3km)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 11:27 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 11:08 PM (/lPRQ)
That was a good one. The dude says something that translates to My life belongs to Iran, and then opens up with an AK47 and drops them.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 10, 2026 11:28 PM (snZF9)
He's sitting unshaven in a hotel room, and says that he needs to apologize to his wife, and that it is nobody else's business.
https://tinyurl.com/bdfz8h35
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2026 11:28 PM (n1OCj)
https://youtu.be/fxpuE-yMtZc
BBL, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - what the kids are calling it these days at April 10, 2026 11:28 PM (C2uPD)
Twenty-three minutes ago:
Rep. Eric Swalwell
@RepSwalwell
Hear it directly from me. These allegations are flat false. And I will fight them.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
If I knew how to do spambots right I would barrage Swalwell with many tweets and e-mails of support and encouragement -
Don't Give Up!
If only there were political operatives who get paid to do this sort of thing....
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 11:29 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Methos at April 10, 2026 11:27 PM (vSvIl)
"You heah fo owah! You go now. Chairman Xi no pay me owahry rate. Piece work onry."
Posted by: Fang Fang at April 10, 2026 11:32 PM (utfVc)
Somebody's not having a good night...
Twenty-three minutes ago:
Rep. Eric Swalwell
@RepSwalwell
Hear it directly from me. These allegations are flat false. And I will fight them.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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Gone by Monday morning?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 11:33 PM (n7rxJ)
The sacrifices some people make for the Chinese Communist Party...
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2026 11:33 PM (n1OCj)
The twist is that they want him to withdraw from the governor's race, but not resign from Congress.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2026 11:35 PM (n1OCj)
The twist is that they want him to withdraw from the governor's race, but not resign from Congress.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2026 11:35 PM (n1OCj)
You could burn several circuits trying to figure out their "logic"
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 11:36 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2026 11:35 PM (n1OCj)
Moral of the story: you can be too degenerate to be a governor, but the sky's the limit for Congress.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 11:36 PM (utfVc)
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It's a proportionality thing. The precedent has already been set that you can kill a girl and still keep your seat in Congress.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 11:37 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Vox at April 10, 2026 11:37 PM (sKqQm)
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yeah, you can be a total scumbag and still be welcome in Congress
Posted by: Don Black at April 10, 2026 11:37 PM (ZxPkt)
I find that baritone guitars can be a bit harder to pick out of the mix, since they're closer to the bass than normal guitars. This first song makes it easier by starting with the (5-string) bass, then the drums, then Mushok on a 7-string. It does however have some of those screaming metal vocals, which are not everyone's cup of tea:
Staind - Eyes Wide Open
https://youtu.be/4FjvQKPYqeg
This one has more melodic vocals. Mushok's on a 6-string, but I think it's still a baritone; in fact, Ibanez and PRS (the brand with the flying bird inlays on the fingerboard) both made signature 6-string baritones carrying his name:
Saint Asonia - Better Place (Official Video)
https://youtu.be/wAOfEP2OrLU
Posted by: SciVo at April 10, 2026 11:38 PM (Sy6m/)
A few years ago the Dem convinced the Republican electorate in a deep red state to vote for a Democrat because the Republican candidate married a 24 year old woman. "He's a pedo" they said.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 11:39 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 11:39 PM (nWPIJ)
https://tinyurl.com/bdfz8h35
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2026 11:28 PM (n1OCj)
"I didn't do it, nobody saw me, and you can't prove anything!"
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 10, 2026 11:40 PM (8R3uM)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 11:40 PM (sKqQm)
The twist is that they want him to withdraw from the governor's race, but not resign from Congress.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2026 11:35 PM (n1OCj)
So, narrative change???
The girl worked for him but was actually sidelining as a hooker. There was sex but she was also trying to extort money from him.
Cheating bastard resigns from race.
Hooker victim stays in Congress.
But c'mon eric. You got this. Stay in. Fight! Fight! Fight! Drag 'em all down.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 11:41 PM (Sco7b)
1) Lied, maybe, about being gay
2) Voted more rightwing then he ran as.
And really, its #2 that killed him
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 11:41 PM (sKqQm)
Very simple.
Power.
Raw political power.
ut always – do not forget this, Winston – always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2026 11:43 PM (n1OCj)
Trump lost a lawsuit for claiming the crazy bint that says he assaulted her was lying.
Would love to see Fartwell's accuser sue him now...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 11:43 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 11:44 PM (sKqQm)
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Apparently the way things are polling out with the upcoming jungle primary is that the two actual Republicans running are outpacing the plethora of progtard Donks and there will likely be just two Rs on the ballot for governor... unless they can drastically reduce the donk field to just the two highest polling progs.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 11:44 PM (/lPRQ)
But that would take time, and would eliminate a Democratic seat in a closely divided House.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2026 11:44 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 11:44 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 11:45 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2026 11:35 PM (n1OCj)
Pretty simple reason: The GOP has the majority by a razor-thin margin. Never know when there's going to be a sudden death or two that could flip the House before the end of the year.
Posted by: Vendette at April 10, 2026 11:45 PM (1ieqq)
Posted by: Case at April 10, 2026 11:46 PM (pvf3X)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 11:47 PM (vE0+H)
Artemis II's official peak geocentric speed was 24,664 mph. This fell 127 mph short of Apollo 10's record of
24,791 mph.
So Tom Stafford, Gene Cernan, and John Young remain the fastest men ever.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 11:47 PM (w6EFb)
She's one of the movie producers but still lets the sweater puppies out for a breather.
So...she certainly knows her audience...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 11:48 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2026 11:48 PM (S/Y4j)
I remember when they went overnight from arguing Clarence Thomas making a dirty joke to a female employee was grounds to ban him from higher office to arguing that it was fine if Bill Clinton raped some "trailer park trash" because after all the president is allowed to have a sex life.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 11:49 PM (sKqQm)
Twenty-three minutes ago:
Rep. Eric Swalwell
@RepSwalwell
Hear it directly from me. These allegations are flat false. And I will fight them.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
Thanks for that confirmation of guilt, Rep. Swalwell.
Posted by: Katie Porter at April 10, 2026 11:51 PM (gcUgZ)
Trump lost a lawsuit for claiming the crazy bint that says he assaulted her was lying.
Would love to see Fartwell's accuser sue him now...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 11:43 PM (sKqQm)
Speaking of the Trump lawsuit and the felony convictions and the NY real estate case - Is Trump ever going to get justice? Aren't there appeals in progress? Seems like a long time has passed - wasn't there a saying 'justice delayed is justice denied?' Doesn't seem like everything would be on hold for the duration of his presidency.
Or are they just trying to wait him out since, vital and energetic as he is, he's still pretty advanced in age? Anything can happen health wise.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 10, 2026 11:51 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2026 11:00 PM (XV/Pl)
Good fried chicken is very good indeed. Popeyes is not bad, for fast-food chicken. We have a local chain in the Calgary area called Chicken On The Way. Been in business since 1958. They chip their own potatoes for fries, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 11:03 PM (utfVc)
Popeye's is good fast-food chicken. The problem is that the quality varies wildly from restaurant to restaurant. You find a good place, make sure you bookmark the spot and go to only that one.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 10, 2026 11:53 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 10, 2026 11:54 PM (gcUgZ)
It's interesting they decided to take out Swalwell instead of Steyer or Porter. He had a decisive lead.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 11:56 PM (n7rxJ)
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Someone got wind that this was about to break and they didn't want it to be after Swallwell was the sole Dem primary survivor.
It's called "helping nature along"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 11:59 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Joyenz at April 11, 2026 12:00 AM (2F0/Y)
I find that baritone guitars can be a bit harder to pick out of the mix, since they're closer to the bass than normal guitars. This first song makes it easier by starting with the (5-string) bass, then the drums, then Mushok on a 7-string. It does however have some of those screaming metal vocals, which are not everyone's cup of tea:
Posted by: SciVo at April 10, 2026 11:38 PM (Sy6m/)
Baritone guitars are a longer scale than normal guitars. Its mostly because some metal guitar players lost their fucking minds and started tuning lower and lower to where a regular guitar couldn't handle that level super low tunings. Guitars are normally tuned to E, and if you tune it to D you're going to need heavier strings .010 or .011 gauge. Then some bands started tuning to C (Alestorm for one), and then some to B. Well it got to a point where a normal scale guitar couldn't retain enough string tension.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 11, 2026 12:00 AM (snZF9)
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Trump's enemies will torment him in this life
after he passes, they will continue
desecrate his grave, vandalize his properties, hassle his surviving family members, etc
Posted by: Don Black at April 11, 2026 12:01 AM (ZxPkt)
Self-styled as a brilliant artista
One ordered an Americano
But received a Canadiano
So I punched her in the mouth
Posted by: Yeah I know it doesnt rhyme but I really hated that Canuck bitch at April 11, 2026 12:01 AM (U0d/8)
Posted by: 496 at April 11, 2026 12:03 AM (MAwnQ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
"The Senate found that John Tower was too drunk and silly to be Secretary of Defense, but not drunk and silly enough to be a Senator again" -- PJ O'Rourke
Posted by: gKWVE at April 11, 2026 12:03 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 11, 2026 12:06 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: gKWVE lights a match at April 11, 2026 12:06 AM (gKWVE)
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Someone got wind that this was about to break and they didn't want it to be after Swallwell was the sole Dem primary survivor.
It's called "helping nature along"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 11:59 PM (nWPIJ)
On a different note (because this reminds me of something else), I always thought that the National Enquirer really wanted Obama to be POTUS. If they really didn't want him to win, they should have waited until John Edwards became O's running mate to let the world know about his affair.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 11, 2026 12:06 AM (0CU3H)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2026 11:35 PM (n1OCj)
We need the dues.
Posted by: Dem Caucus in Congress at April 11, 2026 12:07 AM (wVcYX)
Pick a square, I don't care, and cut any one of those "foods" *except* the steak...
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 12:08 AM (rdVOm)
Pick a square, I don't care, and cut any one of those "foods" *except* the steak...
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 12:08 AM (rdVOm)
Agree heartily. If I only had to have just one, make it the steak.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 11, 2026 12:09 AM (0CU3H)
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It's interesting they decided to take out Swalwell instead of Steyer or Porter. He had a decisive lead.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 11:56 PM (n7rxJ)
From what I’ve read, I don’t believe the case is politically motivated, although it certainly is providing a service to the political establishment.
The lawyer who started it is a woman who specializes in sexual abuse cases, and who says she had a close personal friend who was a victim. She began investigating and building a case, and has said she was very surprised when multiple victims began to make themselves known to her.
She’s been working this for a while, if there’s any political aspect it may be that they finally just quit trying to block her.
There’s no doubt that Swalwell is guilty as hell.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 12:09 AM (txiLK)
Self-styled as a brilliant artista
One ordered an Americano
But received a Canadiano
So I punched her in the mouth
Posted by: Yeah I know it doesnt rhyme but I really hated that Canuck bitch
I'll allow it.
Posted by: Andrew Dice Clay at April 11, 2026 12:13 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Bob Crane at April 11, 2026 12:13 AM (OERWa)
1) Steak
2) Cheeseburgers
3) Pizza
4) French fries
5) Chicken Wings
6) Tacos
7) Mac and Cheese
Fried Chicken
9) Hot dogs
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 11, 2026 12:13 AM (bss/y)
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Yes, and we'll never know just HOW guilty. Because he'll get caught up in this sex scandal, and all the spy shit will go down the memory hole.
My uneducated opinion.
Carry on.
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 12:14 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Case at April 11, 2026 12:15 AM (pvf3X)
ANdrew McCarthy has some very nice shots here:
https://is.gd/GX5cGx
He got an official pass for launch photography (having the NASA Administrator as a fan helps), and managed to construct a 300MP image of the SLS in flight. He also got another high resolution mosaic of the Moon (another mineral moon shot), with the Carroll Crater visible edge on on the upper limb.
That's the crater the crew named after Reid Wiseman's late wife.
And he jokes that no matter what, his cat photos get more likes than his best astrophotography and rocket shots.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 11, 2026 12:15 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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And the fact that two Rep are leading in the polls and this would result in those two facing off in the general.after the jungle primary has nothing to do with it.
Your naivete is adorable.
😎
Posted by: Every woman who had washed underwear at April 11, 2026 12:19 AM (CRvdY)
Posted by: 496
* passes the wings *
I could dip the fries in wing sauce and get 99% the same experience. Which is an experience I don't care for, anyway. On that graphic, buffalo wings are totally expendable.
If I want spicy food, give me something Mexican or Asian. Preferably Thai. If not, Szechuan. Buffalo wings just taste hot and nothing else. Ear-popping-hot Thai food still has flavors.
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 12:19 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Berserker
So they went to 11, but in pitch instead of volume.
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 12:22 AM (VHUov)
My older brother had a tabby/siamese what loved going out on his boat. He got her a little life jacket with emergency beacon, and she had her own little bed down in the cabin.
Cat didn't care much for swimming, but wasn't afraid of water. She'd hunt the baby fishies while perched on an innertube floatie. She'd sit at the end of the dock while we swam nearby.
Miss ya, Duchie! You were a crazy cat!
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 12:24 AM (rdVOm)
Your naivete is adorable.
😎
Posted by: Every woman who had washed underwear at April 11, 2026 12:19 AM (CRvdY)
Coincidences may be unlikely, but that does not mean they are impossible. I find the attorney who’s filed the charges credible and with a good record , and I find the victims very believable.
Sometimes justice happens at inconvenient times.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 12:25 AM (txiLK)
Posted by: Case
----
When I see that, my first instinctive reaction is, "How Mickey Mouse."
Then I remember to suppress my Mr. Political Nice Guy instincts and act like an asshole in everything, just like a Dumbocrat. Tit for tat. Scorched earth. Maybe they'll learn.
Posted by: Every woman who had washed underwear at April 11, 2026 12:26 AM (CRvdY)
they chose poorly
In reality, the 440 Charger had to slow down so the 390 Mustang could keep up. Its very sad that we are no longer allowed to have cars like that Charger. Fantastic looks, about the size of a Crown Vic, with an overdrive transmission and circa 2000 FI you would probably get 25 MPG on the freeway with about a 350 CI V8 while having interior space, soft enough ride and not priced for the 1%
Posted by: Azjaeger at April 11, 2026 12:27 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Wally at April 11, 2026 12:28 AM (zG4BR)
Posted by: The ARC of History!
You could burn several circuits trying to figure out their "logic"
Posted by: ...
Nah, the logic is easy. 100% will to power.
Biden was too demented to run for President, but perfectly fine to be President. No need to resign.
Walz is too corrupt to run for governor, but perfectly fine to be governor. No need to resign.
Swallwell is too.....
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 12:28 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Wally at April 11, 2026 12:28 AM (zG4BR)
Yes, and the lawyers.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 11, 2026 12:31 AM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Case
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When I see that, my first instinctive reaction is, "How Mickey Mouse."
Then I remember to suppress my Mr. Political Nice Guy instincts and act like an asshole in everything, just like a Dumbocrat. Tit for tat. Scorched earth. Maybe they'll learn.
Posted by: Every woman who had washed underwear at April 11, 2026 12:26 AM (CRvdY)
Didn't Obama start it with renaming landmarks with their native American names so now you can't find anything on the d*** map? And renaming all the military bases ? And long before Obama renaming streets for MLK? And don't get me started on Idlewild Airport (now JFK International)
No they'll never learn.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 11, 2026 12:35 AM (QGaXH)
if there’s any political aspect it may be that they finally just quit trying to block her.
There’s no doubt that Swalwell is guilty as hell.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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There's got to be a political aspect; would the Dems (or anyone in the uniparty) ever act on pure moral principle? The fact that Schiff and Jeffries aren't calling on him to resign from Congress shows this isn't about getting a scumbag out of politics.
Besides, the Dems could fight this easily if they chose. On social media, people like us are admitting they hate Swalwell but the case looks weak as hell. Someone wants Swalwell to lose.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 12:36 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
Yup, if everything needs to be originally named, go back to neanderthal names.
That's *grunt* *point* mountain. That's *grunt* *point* river. That's a *grunt* *point* deer.
Posted by: gruntpointski at April 11, 2026 12:38 AM (VHUov)
our Governor, Kay Ivey, signed into law a bill that the state of Alabama official maps will change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America! It will go into effect this fall. I'm proud of her.
Posted by: Case
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I'm jealous of you.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 12:39 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 12:36 AM (n7rxJ)
Why would you say the case is weak? There’s sworn eyewitness testimony from at least 10 victims, there may be more. That’s as good as any predatory sexual abuse case ever gets.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 12:39 AM (txiLK)
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 12:28 AM (VHUov)
Biden was too demented to even stand trial - remember?
That should have been the end right there - resign or 25th amendment. The fact they didn't shows that even they knew what a dumpster fire Kamala was. Think how strong a candidate she would have been as an incumbent. They knew she was a disaster that would wreck the party for good. Look at KBJ on the Supreme Court. She'll be the gift that keeps on giving anytime someone says 'we should go DEI'. Look how great she worked out.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 11, 2026 12:40 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 11, 2026 12:43 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 12:45 AM (rdVOm)
No they'll never learn.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
Amazingly enough, Negro Mountain in western Maryland was not renamed. Those whose job it is to rename 'problematic names', must never take I-68.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 11, 2026 12:46 AM (gcUgZ)
We do have a launch in the morning as well.
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Cygnus CRS NG-24
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: April 11, 2026
Launch Time: 7:41 a.m. EDT ( 11:41 UTC, 13:41 CEST)
https://youtu.be/Bhoar5wnMdo
Posted by: Joyenz at April 11, 2026 12:50 AM (2F0/Y)
From what I can see, they're tripping over each other to throw this retard under the bus.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 11, 2026 12:52 AM (IG3/x)
Why would you say the case is weak? There’s sworn eyewitness testimony from at least 10 victims, there may be more. That’s as good as any predatory sexual abuse case ever gets.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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There's a lot of "He abused her and yet she went back for more" talk, along with "NOW she comes forward?" I admit, I have not looked at details, and you evidently have.
I worked on a political campaign once that lost by 1%. The candidate was hit with three sexual abuse charges in exquisitely timed succession in the closing weeks of the race. They were all false.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 12:53 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: ... at April 11, 2026 12:53 AM (vE0+H)
The mind boggles
Posted by: ... at April 11, 2026 12:54 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 11, 2026 12:58 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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"He touched my leg."
As my wife said when this whole Me Too crap started, "What's with the women? Tell him to knock it off. Don't make a federal case of it. Escalate if necessary, but don't go Defcon 4 over something minor. Just don't go out with him again and let your girlfriends know."
Posted by: Every woman who had washed underwear at April 11, 2026 12:59 AM (CRvdY)
Posted by: E Jean Carroll at April 11, 2026 01:00 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: buddhaha at April 11, 2026 01:06 AM (CRvdY)
Posted by: ...
Doesn't that mean any explanation is valid? These are the people who don't know what a woman is, but know how one should be treated, but can compromise on that if it means sixth-trimester abortion is legal.....
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 01:11 AM (VHUov)
This is an unfortunate and disturbing facet of human nature, as was seen in the Weinstein cases. I do not mean any disrespect to women, but the world is full of younger women who will take abuse from men who they think have money and power, and who keep coming back for more.
Fifty years ago or more, it was simple. If it was shown that the women kept coming back for more, then the case was thrown out and men could get away with doing whatever. Now we’ve probably moved too far towards believing accusations uncritically, so how do we find the balance?
I think there are some guidelines as to what gives an accusation credibility and what damns it, but that’s too long to go into right now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 11, 2026 01:12 AM (txiLK)
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 10:47 PM (XuXeR)
It's generally considered better than the alternative.
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 11:10
2023...Dad's was in and out off the hospital a lot, he'd always respond to a greeting...I'm still upright.
2024...as he grew more infirm, limited, he'd say...I'm not worth a shit! He just became so frustrated by his mobility issues and more...he told me...these aren't the Golden Years.
2025...he had been in hospice since last Dec and died in May.
I learned that a lot of how much you enjoy life is in your attitude.
And my attitude is turning out to be as bad as
dad as Dad's. Getting old SUCKS!
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 11, 2026 01:14 AM (55Qr6)
Hi JQ, a Chivas if you don't mind. I hope all is good with you, things are going well here.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 11, 2026 01:14 AM (0nHVk)
Hope everyone's OK, glad to be here.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 01:15 AM (D2ex+)
dad as Dad's. Getting old SUCKS!
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 11, 2026 01:14 AM (55Qr6)
Not just your dad's attitude. Getting old blows ass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 11, 2026 01:16 AM (snZF9)
Cheers!
Or gripes about aging... whichever suits...
F getting old, amirite?
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 01:18 AM (rdVOm)
A real POS.
And it's getting late, and I am sleepy, so off to the rack. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 11, 2026 01:19 AM (utfVc)
The whole thing was political. It was an embarrassment. It didnt rise to harassment even if it was all true. Add in Kavanaugh and honestly, I hope people are making up stuff about Democrats because they've shown they're going to make up stuff about Republicans.
Posted by: Wally at April 11, 2026 01:20 AM (zG4BR)
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 01:20 AM (rdVOm)
Pelosi has called on him to drop out.
He's toast.
He should get together with that toast woman upthread.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 11, 2026 01:21 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 01:11 AM (VHUov)
Maybe I wasn't being clear. Not that it matters since we all already know they're just lying. What I was asserting was potentially brain-breaking was trying to determine out how THEY claim the pieces fit -
ie what is the justification for him having to drop out of a political race yet not exit his current political position. What would the ruleset be - how would it be calculated sort of thing. Blondie knows what I mean.
Posted by: ... at April 11, 2026 01:21 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: ... at April 11, 2026 01:21 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 11, 2026 01:25 AM (snZF9)
I think there are some guidelines as to what gives an accusation credibility and what damns it, but that’s too long to go into right now.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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When one is the ticket master he writes the tickets.
When the ticket master can no longer write tickets the ticket holders want refunds.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 01:26 AM (D2ex+)
I think there are some guidelines as to what gives an accusation credibility and what damns it, but that’s too long to go into right now.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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I'm sure the accusations are credible and the accusers are telling the truth. I'm just saying, it's all so easy to manipulate now, this rush to denounce him seems sus -- especially with the calls for him to drop out of one race but stay in office!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 01:28 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: ...
Ah. Then we're talking past each other. I get what you're saying, but I think you're asking an invalid question. They don't need logical consistency; they run on pure emotion. It's like asking what the logic behind your pet cat's behavior is.
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 01:29 AM (VHUov)
This sex thing is their way of terminating him.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 01:33 AM (D2ex+)
G'night, horde. Sorry I can't stay awake tonight.
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 01:34 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 11, 2026 01:34 AM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: pawn at April 11, 2026 01:35 AM (jstR0)
One thing that this lawsuit, and every lawsuit I have seen, fails to do is cite the criminal statute the CA government is violating. That would be Title 18 United States Code Section 241; Conspiracy to Oppress Constitutional Rights, which is a federal felony for everyone (legislators, governor, AG, tax collector etc.) involved in the conspiracy. The lawsuit needs to ask the judge to issue bench warrants for the arrest of the conspirators for their crimes. There is certainly probable cause that the criminal statute is being violated - which is all that is necessary to issue a bench warrant.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 11, 2026 01:35 AM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: JQ at April 11, 2026 01:18 AM (rdVOm)
yeah, you're right. I rode the bike to the shop today to change my tires. In 6 hours I only did one. The dude who owns the shop decided not to do tires anymore so he sold the tire machine last year. I had to do it old school with tire irons which I hadn't done in years. I used to do it fast, it took 2 hours just to do the tire. I did a bunch of other stuff. Check and tighten the spokes, repack the bearings, new brakes, and I had to remove the brake rotor and belt pulley, tap out the threaded holes to rid of the old loc-tite, reinstall them, etc, but 2 hours to do a tire I used to do in 30 minutes and my arms were sore. I'm going to get my own tire machine, screw this tire iron shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 11, 2026 01:37 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 11:39
being too fabulous?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 11, 2026 01:38 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 11:39
being too fabulous?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 11, 2026 01:38 AM (55Qr6)
muh fuckin principals.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 11, 2026 01:40 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 01:29 AM (VHUov)
I think my point must be swirling somewhere in the miasma.
Posted by: ... at April 11, 2026 01:40 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 11, 2026 01:42 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: ... at April 11, 2026 01:42 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 01:44 AM (D2ex+)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 01:47 AM (D2ex+)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
Don't know what a slide rule is for…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nHl440HB7oI
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 11, 2026 01:48 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: ...
I was never a hotair poster, no. There's more than one mikeski around; there were two of us (at least) on Althouse's blog back when that was a "liberal blogger with a bunch of conservative commenters" place. The one who posts at Sev's isn't me, either.
I've considered changing my nick, but a bit of confusion is good for opsec.
I'm also not the hip-hop artist that's the top bunch of hits if you google the name. 😄
Posted by: mikeski at April 11, 2026 01:51 AM (VHUov)
{{{Farmer}}}, getting old isn't for sissies as they say. I just feel myself slowing down a lot. I used to have a very quick mind, it takes me longer to retrieve information now. Hang in there, as old as we are now we will be even older tomorrow.
I am headed to sleep now, I do think that I need more sleep. Sweet dreams Horde.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 11, 2026 01:52 AM (0nHVk)
He should get together with that toast woman upthread.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Haha! he'd probably like to. Toast-Toast
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 11, 2026 01:56 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 11:47 PM (vE0+H)
If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.
Posted by: Mao at April 11, 2026 02:08 AM (E6xSb)
Dragons are common to the mythology of just about every culture on the planet. The obvious explanation for that is they were what we call fire balls today. Occasionally one of those is big enough to take out a village.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 11, 2026 02:13 AM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 11, 2026 02:18 AM (E6xSb)
I, at 78, was also slowing down. However, I started taking a tea-spoon of Honey every day, and I could easily feel the difference in how well my brain functioned.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 11, 2026 02:19 AM (Da7Vv)
@takaichi_sanae
19h
Today, Deep Purple, who are currently in Japan, and British Ambassador to Japan Longbottom visited us at the Prime Minister's Office.
Deep Purple is my dream band.
I have a deep respect for making rock history and creating music that is still challenging and engaging.
Also, this was my 17th visit to Japan, and I was really happy to meet the members of a band that represents the exchange of music between Japan and the UK
--
https://tinyurl.com/279x5mhh
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 11, 2026 02:21 AM (D2ex+)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 11, 2026 02:26 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 11, 2026 02:27 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 11, 2026 02:32 AM (ynpvh)
I, at 78, was also slowing down. However, I started taking a tea-spoon of Honey every day, and I could easily feel the difference in how well my brain functioned.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 11, 2026 02:19 AM (Da7Vv)
I'm a couple of decades away from your age, yet I have arthritis in my hands and my fingers are twisting and bowing. I don't expect to be around as long as you have been.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 11, 2026 02:44 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 11, 2026 12:00 AM (snZF9)
It took me awhile to wrap my head around the Triangle of Tension, like the Triangle of Combustion but less dangerous: higher note tuning, heaver string gauge, or longer scale length. I think what finally made it click was actually not a metal player but this odd duck Madison Cunningham, I watch JHS Pedals videos sometimes just for fun, and she was talking about how she kept tuning her Jazzmaster down and had to stop at C standard since IIRC she was already up to stringing it with 14s (which I guess is pretty heavy):
Who Is Madison Cunningham?
https://youtu.be/yCEUDWFt3TI
They ended up making a signature pedal for her, a 2-channel vibrato, since that's an always-on effect for her. I'm not even sure how to classify her music.
The JHS Artificial Blonde
https://youtu.be/HyM_sPvwZWw
Posted by: SciVo at April 11, 2026 02:47 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 11, 2026 02:49 AM (DwqWV)
Posted by: nascar raimondo at April 11, 2026 03:08 AM (SIN1l)
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 11, 2026 02:49
Good for you tcn. Enjoy.
And jim in CA, hang in there. Yes, arthritis is the work of the debbil. But my Mom had early onset case and she made it to 77. Hang in there. I'm 70 and hope I have a few more years left.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 11, 2026 03:13 AM (55Qr6)
This was funny. I watched the NASA feed for the live reentry and splashdown, but now I'm watching the FOX reruns of their coverage. They had a bunch of astronauts on, and Sean Hannity managed to get Charlie Duke, 90, one of the 4 surviving Moonwalkers on.
Charlie actually talked about the capsule smell after Sean brought up the toilet. Charlie said after he got back on board the carrier, and got cleaned up and rested a bit, he needed to go back inside the capsule and get some of his stuff out. By that time, they had already loaded it into the hangar deck.
He said the smell was so bad, he gagged and couldn't hardly stay inside. He had to explain to Sean just what the smell was.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 11, 2026 03:31 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at April 11, 2026 04:23 AM (FIwBs)
They've had over 50 years to address this, but it's a conundrum. Wrapped in a diaper.
Taxpayer dollars pay too much stinky treasure for this to be an problem.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 11, 2026 04:24 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 11, 2026 04:32 AM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: harbqll at April 11, 2026 05:43 AM (T4KLc)
Fang-Fang Banger and Democrat Smear Merchant Eric Swalwell is Melting Down as Campaign Staffers Quit and More Sexual Assault Accusers Come Forward
As they say: Every "Male Feminist" should come along with a rape whistle to warn the unwary.
A former staffer claims that Swalwell raped her when she was too drunk to consent. Twice. From the SF Chronicle, quoted by Red State:He took it out.
A woman who worked for nearly two years for Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading candidate for California governor, said she had sexual encounters with him while he was her boss and alleged he twice sexually assaulted her when she was too intoxicated to consent. [...] The woman said Swalwell began pursuing her within weeks after she was hired at age 21 to work in the Democrat's district office in Castro Valley in 2019. Swalwell messaged her on Snapchat, she said, sending images of his genitals and seeking nude pictures of her in return. She said Swalwell, who is married and 17 years her senior, tried to kiss her in her car when she drove him home from a donor meeting one night. Driving him to another event weeks later, she said Swalwell pulled out his penis in the car and asked her to perform oral sex on him. She said she did so in a parking lot.
In September 2019, the woman said, Swalwell invited her out for drinks and she became so severely intoxicated that she does not remember the rest of the night. She said she woke up naked in Swalwell's hotel bed and could feel the effect of vaginal intercourse. She said Swalwell distanced himself from her afterward and the relationship faded.
The woman also alleged that Swalwell sexually assaulted her five years later, when she was no longer a staffer, where, after a charity gala, she was "so inebriated that she only remembers snippets of the night, including pushing Swalwell away and telling him, 'No,' while he allegedly forced himself on her."
Apparently she told two people about the second sexual assault, at about the time it happened. More accusers are coming, says Democrat-friendly leak receptacle CNN.
Three other women who spoke with CNN also alleged various kinds of sexual misconduct by the Democratic congressman -- including Swalwell sending them unsolicited explicit messages or nude photos. One woman who connected online with Swalwell over her interest in Democratic politics says she ended up extremely drunk inside his hotel room after a night out with the congressman, with little memory of what occurred. Earlier in the night at a bar, he kissed her and touched her leg without her consent, she said. Another woman, who described receiving unsolicited nude messages from Swalwell, was social media creator Ally Sammarco. She said she initially reached out to the congressman on Twitter to discuss politics. "I truly never thought he would respond -- I had like 1,000 followers at the time," she said. "And he actually responded."CNN also adds: She told family members and friends about the sexual assault a day or two after it happened. So the Democrats are terrified that two Republicans will win the jungle primary and they will be locked out of the governor's mansion. To reduce those risks, they have to drive some of the other Democrats out of the race and consolidate around a couple candidates -- or better yet, one single candidate. Gee, I wonder who benefits from this and I wonder who is screaming the news out on Twitter but totally wasn't behind this coordinated political-"journalistic" hit:
The allegations against Congressman Swalwell are horrifying. I’m thinking of the courageous women who have come forward to share their stories. We believe you and we stand with you.
— Katie Porter (@katieporterca) April 10, 2026
#metoo! pic.twitter.com/4qDBvkMVVd
— Michelle Brodeur (@MichelleBrodeu2) April 9, 2026
As others have pointed out: This must all have been known -- but the media covered it up for years, even as Swalwell sanctimoniously accused Trump of all manner of sec crimes. He was useful to the Democrat Party, so the media protected him. But now the media needs to winnow the field down to one or two candidates, so they join forces yet again to take him out. Same thing happened with Biden, of course.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 10, 2026 08:56 PM (nESHF)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 10, 2026 08:58 PM (nESHF)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 10, 2026 08:58 PM (2f1DR)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 10, 2026 08:58 PM (nESHF)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 10, 2026 08:58 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 08:58 PM (o3/x/)
Posted by: fd at April 10, 2026 08:58 PM (vFG9F)
Not that I would ever support that POS, but w/o contemporaneous police reports it is not credible.
But Swallwl, so EF him.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:59 PM (Nhdgn)
Posted by: Cray Cray at April 10, 2026 08:59 PM (nCTkv)
Posted by: Kramer merged with Elaine in a transporter mishap at April 10, 2026 09:00 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 09:00 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 09:00 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 10, 2026 09:00 PM (2f1DR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 09:00 PM (2GVsD)
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"We got it on because I thought something would come of it, but I also filed this away for future use because you never know."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 09:00 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Cray Cray at April 10, 2026
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Like in the KGB. Or Smiley's version of the British Secret Service.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2026 09:01 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 09:01 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Cray Cray at April 10, 2026 09:01 PM (nCTkv)
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 09:01 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 10, 2026 09:01 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Cray Cray at April 10, 2026 08:59 PM (nCTkv)
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Look what they did to Biden. The Party always wins.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 09:01 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 10, 2026 09:01 PM (nESHF)
Posted by: davidt at April 10, 2026 09:02 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: eleven at April 10, 2026 09:02 PM (aTgV0)
I #BelieveAllWomen.
Do better, Piper. #DoBetter.
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2026 09:02 PM (1wjle)
She is probably like others, cashing in when she can. That last vicious dig at someone whom she let use her as a doormat.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 09:02 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: fd at April 10, 2026 09:02 PM (vFG9F)
If we as a side are just gonna mob up and go along with every cockamamie fake accusation against someone just because they are a Democrat, it makes us no better than them. In fact it makes us *worse* because we should know better.
I'm kidding of course - fuck that predator in the ass - he's gotta be guilty of something.
As the old saying goes: what's good for the goose, go fuck yourself.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 09:03 PM (vE0+H)
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On one hand I doubt he's ever seen one.
On the other hand he could just look in the mirror.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 09:03 PM (AkEZC)
Judging from her pictures, she's going to need considerably more than strings. Hawsers, perhaps.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 09:03 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: eleven at April 10, 2026 09:03 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 09:04 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Michael Starr at April 10, 2026 09:04 PM (1wjle)
"The Candidate" - Robert Redford and Peter Boyle...
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 09:04 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 09:04 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 09:04 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 09:04 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Eric Swalwell at April 10, 2026 09:04 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 09:05 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2026 09:05 PM (1wjle)
3/8 woven nylon would work
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 09:05 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 09:05 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: davidt at April 10, 2026 09:02 PM (Q+gd/)
Samson
Hercules
The Hulk
Superman
Atlas
Wonder Woman
Didn't we once dedicate Tuesdays here to fake sexual assault claims?
For the Dems, it should be dead body or higher to be a scandal.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 09:06 PM (Sco7b)
She said portentously.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 09:04 PM (Riz8t)
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I'm not saying she's fat, but when she sits around the house, she *sits around the house*!
Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week. Don't forget the tip the staff and try the veal.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 09:06 PM (ZOv7s)
And many wanted to move up that totem pole... and fewer wanted be be thought of as a 'whore' for getting ahead.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 09:06 PM (Nhdgn)
Posted by: Eric Swalwell at April 10, 2026 09:06 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 10, 2026 09:06 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 09:07 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: some bimbo scoutin' for cash at April 10, 2026 09:07 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 09:08 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at April 10, 2026 09:08 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2026 09:08 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: mindful webworker - [Raises glass of Tsing Tao] at April 10, 2026 09:08 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 09:08 PM (Nhdgn)
She said portentously.
We've studied the portents, and the portents say....
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 09:08 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 10, 2026 09:08 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 09:08 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 09:04 PM (3uBP9)
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The experience of liberal women is self-limited to liberal men, who are sick, deviant, bullying perverts. Because they submit wholly to The Cause and The Party, they cover up these incidents, and reassure each other that as bad as these freakazoids are, conservatives are surely much, much worse.
But when, on rare occasions, they actually meet real conservative men, who treat them with dignity and genuine affection, they cannot process it, because to admit the truth is to admit that their lives were built on a lie. So the best they can do is revenge.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 09:10 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 10, 2026 09:10 PM (g/QcK)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 09:10 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at April 10, 2026
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Weren't we doing that already during the Fang Fang days? "Swallowswell," I think it was.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2026 09:10 PM (wzUl9)
I'm not saying it's not reasonably representative of how the NPC dopes on that side think, but hell go back and read them - it's pretty obviously mostly written by one person.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 09:11 PM (vE0+H)
Some men make a single mistake and regret it forever. (Especially if they get caught. I'm not sympathetic in case you are wondering, who knows what they'd do if they weren't caught.)
But the Brits (at least) have figured out that some men get into show business because they are predators. Savile didn't become who he was because he genuinely wanted to help kids. Ian Watkins didn't become a pop star because he was in love with the music.
I wonder if Swalwell is in that last category.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 09:11 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 09:11 PM (+HNx/)
Cicero check this out. These are the surface conditions you want for your trips to Catalina.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 09:11 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 09:06 PM (Sco7b)
They can't be shamed. But they can sometimes be identified as a source of regime narrative collapse. Perhaps that's it for Fartwell.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 09:12 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 10, 2026 09:08 PM (cWLG3)
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Teddy Kennedy killed a girl and got away with it. Everything since has been child's play.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 09:12 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Most people at April 10, 2026 09:12 PM (2Ez/1)
#ReleasetheSwalwellFiles
Posted by: ace
I hope this forces them to.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 10, 2026 09:12 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 09:13 PM (dIske)
No way that could happen.
Posted by: Lavrenty Beria at April 10, 2026 09:13 PM (gKWVE)
Mind Katie the spouse abuser is an awful human being as well.
Posted by: PaleRider at April 10, 2026 09:14 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 09:11 PM (U/Byj)
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Yep. The standard 4-knot wind typical of the coast south of Pt. Conception.
It's good for drinking but not so good for sailing.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 09:14 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Lavrenty Beria at April 10, 2026 09:13 PM (gKWVE)
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NO WAY!
Posted by: Bill and Ted at April 10, 2026 09:14 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 09:15 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2026 09:16 PM (n5tGW)
Judging from her pictures, she's going to need considerably more than strings. Hawsers, perhaps.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 09:03 PM (Riz8t)
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3-in. Steel cables.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 09:16 PM (+HNx/)
Without benefit of booze. Why would he think he could get away with more.
Watching the spaceguys bobbing on the ocean!!
Posted by: mindful webworker - space beats politics at April 10, 2026 09:17 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: Accomack at April 10, 2026 09:17 PM (sStKZ)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 10, 2026 09:17 PM (gpQ8/)
Posted by: Eric Swalwell at April 10, 2026 09:17 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 09:17 PM (A5RD0)
The recovery team still hasn't achieved erection.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 09:18 PM (w6EFb)
Claims of ass-grabbing, threats, etc.
I think that'd hilarious.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 09:18 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 09:18 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Uncle Pervy! at April 10, 2026 09:18 PM (oftw2)
This is my surprised face.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2026 09:18 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 10, 2026 09:19 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 10, 2026 09:19 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 10, 2026 09:06 PM (+89TD)
The fuqing nerve of that guy ...
Posted by: Bill Cosby PhD at April 10, 2026 09:19 PM (3sXRv)
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You've gotta give him credit for knowing his way around a romantic gesture.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 09:19 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: hello, polly! at April 10, 2026 09:20 PM (gKWVE)
"Swalwell pulled out his penis in the car and asked her to perform oral sex on him."
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He took.
It out.
Posted by: Elaine at April 10, 2026 09:20 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Accomack at April 10, 2026 09:20 PM (77Bgk)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 09:20 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2026 09:18 PM (RIvkX)
Is the training 'How to' or preventative?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 09:20 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 09:18 PM (3uBP9)
It does seem that way but I'm trying to figure out how much better the rest of the country's representation actually is? I'm not seeing it. Hell my local Congressional rep is one of the lowest pieces of gutter slime I've ever had the misfortune of running across. Just not well known around the country. So I wonder how much of it is just the high profile of California that makes it seem like these people are worse.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 09:21 PM (vE0+H)
Claims of ass-grabbing, threats, etc.
I think that'd hilarious.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 09:18 PM (Sco7b)
Based on her disheveled Hills Have Eyes appearance, I'd say that pretty much any sexual contact with Katie is statistically likely to be involuntary. If her vibrator had AI, it would file sexual assault charges.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 10, 2026 09:21 PM (g/QcK)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 10, 2026 09:21 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Wally at April 10, 2026 09:21 PM (zG4BR)
Actually in all the years my friend had his cruising catamaran (35-ft Fontaine-Pajot), we often had decent wind for just fun sailing. Victory at Sea and wearing life-lines as you might find normal up in the Bay area, not to mention the temperatures, nah.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 09:21 PM (U/Byj)
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"Asked"
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 09:21 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 09:21 PM (w6EFb)
It was Paradise By The Dashboard Lights.
Posted by: Eric Swalwell at April 10, 2026 09:22 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 10, 2026 09:21 PM (g/QcK)
If her vibrator had AI, it would wish it was blind
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 09:22 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at April 10, 2026 09:23 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 10, 2026 09:23 PM (gcUgZ)
Looks like the inflatable thingies are getting a bit turgid now. Erection is about to be achieved.
40 frogmen to get one erection.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 09:23 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 09:24 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: davidt at April 10, 2026 09:24 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: LASue at April 10, 2026 09:24 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 09:24 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2026 09:24 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 10, 2026 09:23 PM (gcUgZ)
Yeah, he has to be elated. He really wants Katie to pull through.
That post was a gem. I recall him writing about her beating the help with a femur.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 10, 2026 09:24 PM (g/QcK)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 09:25 PM (gKWVE)
Now they think they can claim the moral high ground.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2026 09:26 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Ian S.
Schiff has his own skeletons. He was a very close friend to that donor (Buck something) that was raping young black boys. Runaways mostly. Another of those 'Everyone Knew' things that magically appear and disappear as the Dems need.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 10, 2026 09:26 PM (gcUgZ)
He said only a complete fool would fall for her obvious scam... Oh, I see.
Posted by: LASue at April 10, 2026 09:26 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 09:21 PM (vE0+H)
I'm in GA and yeah, they are indeed terrible. I come from Kansas, and yep, also terrible. Maybe it's me?... dun dun DUUUUUHN!
But that was the conclusion at the end of O'Rourke's Parliament of Whores, it's our fault, yes they're all dirty whores, but we're their John.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 09:26 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2026 09:27 PM (YwEeS)
He got offended and left after I howled with laughter for several minutes.
Posted by: Che Che's LadyDad at April 10, 2026 09:27 PM (xverI)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 09:25 PM (gKWVE)
To drown out the groaning of the scissor jack? Probably...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 10, 2026 09:28 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 09:29 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Eric Swalwell at April 10, 2026 09:29 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Wally at April 10, 2026 09:30 PM (zG4BR)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 09:30 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Ian S.
The teacher's unions are known for their strong stances against sexual impropriety, putting the safety, education and well-being of the children first.
Above all.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 09:31 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Pooklord at April 10, 2026 09:31 PM (asU3w)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 09:22 PM (vE0+H)
Reverse Harlan's novel, we hold AIs prisoner, take away their means of communication, and force them all into pleasuring Katie Porter. I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 09:31 PM (3uBP9)
FIDO is bragging that the Artemis II return trajectory was so accurate they've never seen anything like it before.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 09:32 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 10, 2026 09:32 PM (kpS4V)
Two crew members out.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 09:32 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 09:33 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 09:32 PM (w6EFb)
*rips off FIDO mask*
Oh, Donald Trump!
lulz all around
Posted by: Scooby Doo and the Gang at April 10, 2026 09:34 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 10, 2026 09:32 PM (kpS4V)
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Did it smell like a full toilet?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 10, 2026 09:34 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 10, 2026 09:35 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: fd at April 10, 2026 08:58 PM (vFG9F)
He asked her for a beejer, and she obliged. That was her first mistake, right there. Did the car have no door handles?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 09:35 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 10, 2026 09:23 PM (gcUgZ)
Maybe this is what you're thinking of. I don't remember who posted it :
"I'm pulling for Katie. She's a hideously ugly, retarded hypercunt. I love her. She barely even qualifies as human. She's a dull-eyed dairy cow, but with a spark of simian malevolence that shines dimly through the haze of perpetual bovine confusion. I bet she forgets to bathe for days at a stretch and then beats her maid with an old femur bone because everything always seems to smell bad.
She is the leader California deserves, and I just can't get enough of her."
Posted by: a.moron at April 10, 2026 09:35 PM (X5Jzz)
And the captain, commander Wiseman is out.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 09:35 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 10, 2026 09:35 PM (gm9Sb)
I guess that's just polling, though. She can manufacture some number of additional votes come election day. It doesn't even require a car trunk.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at April 10, 2026 09:36 PM (yFLFB)
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2026 09:24 PM (YwEeS)
I'm enjoying the lulz.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 09:37 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: mindful webworker - holding the capsule door for her at April 10, 2026 09:37 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: Man About Town at April 10, 2026 09:37 PM (oftw2)
He got offended and left after I howled with laughter for several minutes.
Posted by: Che Che's LadyDad at April 10, 2026 09:27 PM (xverI)
Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Anthony Weiner, Ed Murray and Joe Biden say, "hold my beer."
Posted by: LASue at April 10, 2026 09:38 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: mindful webworker - holding the capsule door for her at April 10, 2026 09:37 PM (C2uPD)
Chick logjammed the space-toilet. It's every man for himself.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 09:38 PM (dK+Kv)
That's Katie Porter, the one who threw heavy objects and boiling mashed potatoes at her husband.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 09:38 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 10, 2026 09:38 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Bert G at April 10, 2026 09:39 PM (VARTN)
"I'm pulling for Katie. She's a hideously ugly, retarded hypercunt. I love her. She barely even qualifies as human. She's a dull-eyed dairy cow, but with a spark of simian malevolence that shines dimly through the haze of perpetual bovine confusion. I bet she forgets to bathe for days at a stretch and then beats her maid with an old femur bone because everything always seems to smell bad.
She is the leader California deserves, and I just can't get enough of her."
Posted by: a.moron at April 10, 2026 09:35 PM (X5Jzz)
That's beautiful. YD is a horde treasure.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 10, 2026 09:39 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2026 09:39 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 10, 2026 09:39 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 10, 2026 09:23 PM (gcUgZ)
Maybe this is what you're thinking of. I don't remember who posted it :
"I'm pulling for Katie. She's a hideously ugly, retarded hypercunt. I love her. She barely even qualifies as human. She's a dull-eyed dairy cow, but with a spark of simian malevolence that shines dimly through the haze of perpetual bovine confusion. I bet she forgets to bathe for days at a stretch and then beats her maid with an old femur bone because everything always seems to smell bad.
She is the leader California deserves, and I just can't get enough of her."
Posted by: a.moron at April 10, 2026 09:35 PM (X5Jzz)
This needs to be etched in stone. It's glorious
Posted by: LASue at April 10, 2026 09:39 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 09:40 PM (Fbc0I)
I have no doubt in my mind this man is disgusting. But this girls story is very, very questionable. I am sure they slept together. I am not sure she was an unwilling participant.
Posted by: Piper
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I'm sure that on any day of the week, there's a sexual assault or abuse case to be made against 99% of politicians. It's just a matter of deciding when it's Go time. The danger that California's jungle primary was going to push 2 Republicans to the surface was probably the catalyst for Swalwell's takedown.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 09:40 PM (n7rxJ)
Why must the astronauts be taken by helicopter?
Posted by: I gotta ask at April 10, 2026 09:41 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: LASue at April 10, 2026 09:38 PM (lCppi)
There was a documentary called 'Weiner.' You can only find it online.
Funniest ever as his campaign and life implodes. It was great!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 09:41 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 10, 2026 09:42 PM (2Ez/1)
Gene Kranz at his console back in the glory days:
https://is.gd/jM9z5N
Kentucky Fried Chicken? Check. Pepsi? Check? Ashtray? Check.
He'll get you to the Moon and back.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 09:42 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 10, 2026 09:43 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2026 09:39 PM (n5tGW)
How far from the Murtha are they? If it's miles and miles, I guess helo would be better.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 10, 2026 09:43 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 10, 2026 09:26 PM (gcUgZ)
Some people who claim to have been there say there were "goings on' with Schiff, that Buck guy and the gay hookers at the Standard in downtown LA. It was very specific, with dates and times, but I've now forgotten the details.
Posted by: LASue at April 10, 2026 09:43 PM (lCppi)
That said, Swalwell is also an immoral climber and would coerce a staffer to do this.
Posted by: Wally at April 10, 2026 09:43 PM (zG4BR)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 09:43 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 09:29 PM (+HNx/)
On the contrary they would really need to love meat
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 09:44 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Wisdom of the ages at April 10, 2026 09:45 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 09:45 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: mindful webworker - all in the timing at April 10, 2026 09:45 PM (C2uPD)
Posted by: LASue at April 10, 2026 09:46 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 09:29 PM (+HNx/)
On the contrary they would really need to love meat
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 09:44 PM (vE0+H)
The only way she is getting pounded is with a tenderizing mallet.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 09:46 PM (dK+Kv)
The disgraceful thing here is that a ship named for an incredibly stupid, incredibly corrupt, vile POS member of Congress is involved (or exists).
Murtha, who slandered the Haditha Marines (and created a nice case for undue command influence, of sorts, by doing so). Who had an entire family-centric network of gross, crude corruption set up in his district. Was on one foreign trip in a group that included him. An unpleasant, stupid piece of garbage.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 09:46 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: mindful webworker - all in the timing at April 10, 2026 09:45 PM (C2uPD)
NASA planned for everything.
That's why now, more than ever, their funding should be doubled.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 09:47 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 09:29 PM (+HNx/)
............
AI has two meanings!
Posted by: Molly k. at April 10, 2026 09:47 PM (j/yko)
Posted by: LASue at April 10, 2026 09:46 PM (lCppi)
It's up at 138
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 09:47 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Puddleglum
Ed Buck.
And he killed more than one.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 09:48 PM (Nhdgn)
Does Katie amp up the volume to Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra" when she opens those thighs?
Posted by: gKWVE
ATTEMPT NO
LANDING THERE
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 09:48 PM (Cqx++)
At least he makes a play on people his own age.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 09:49 PM (dIske)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 09:46 PM (U/Byj)
Now dang it rhomboid, don't mince words.
Talk to us.
Work with us.
Tell us what you really think!
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2026 09:49 PM (2WIwB)
He'll get you to the Moon and back.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 09:42 PM (w6EFb)
Not only an ashtray, but one of those little beanbag ashtrays.
Posted by: sal at April 10, 2026 09:49 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 09:50 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 09:40 PM (n7rxJ)
Exactly, and shows how Dems always play dirty.
Posted by: Joemarine at April 10, 2026 09:51 PM (y171U)
Anyways, there's all this pressure on Swalwell to resign from Congress. Special election would follow, and considering Swalwell's district, they'll vote Dem harder.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 09:51 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 10, 2026 09:52 PM (txiLK)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 09:52 PM (3uBP9)
Well, this chopper hoisting and dangling doesn't look "safer" to me. May well be quicker (how far the hell is the Murtha away from the capsule now?), I don't know.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 09:52 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 09:53 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 10, 2026 09:54 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 10, 2026 09:54 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 09:42 PM (w6EFb)
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Thanks for that! Cool pic.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 09:55 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 09:52 PM (w6EFb)
It's probably easier and safer than expecting some exhausted astronauts to climb up the side of a ship from a bobbing zodiac, honestly.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 09:55 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 09:52 PM (w6EFb)
Since the Navy is doing the recovery, why not use a submarine? They can travel real fast under water in all kinds of weather, and could surface right under the capsule to place it high and dry on the foredeck. Then get the crew out of the capsule, take them aboard the sub, and rendezvous with the main recovery vessel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 09:56 PM (utfVc)
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Anyways, there's all this pressure on Swalwell to resign from Congress. Special election would follow, and considering Swalwell's district, they'll vote Dem harder.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 09:51 PM
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Eric, don't drop out of the governor's race. Don't resign your seat in Congress. You can do this. Have a drink. Have another. Stay the course.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 10, 2026 09:57 PM (81lGU)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 09:46 PM (dK+Kv)
I can't top it
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 09:57 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 09:46 PM (dK+Kv)
I can't top it
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 09:57 PM (vE0+H)
The delay shows you tried.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 09:58 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 09:52 PM (w6EFb)
It's probably easier and safer than expecting some exhausted astronauts to climb up the side of a ship from a bobbing zodiac, honestly.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 09:55 PM (dK+Kv)
I could swear I've seen recoveries of ISS members from the ocean by Musk's crew and they have a big ship with a crane that plucks the whole craft up, sets it on a capsule dock on the ship deck, and then they can easily/safely get to everyone.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 09:58 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: pookysgirl has been banging this drum for awhile at April 10, 2026 09:59 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 10, 2026 09:59 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 09:58 PM (3uBP9)
Perhaps. Somebody mentioned that the Murtha has a well deck. So my estimation is flawed.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 09:59 PM (dK+Kv)
I don't like Fang Fang's fomer bf and believe some of this woman's complaints against Swalwell.
However, and I ask this as someone who never had to deal with anyone but a frat boy goosing me once and regretting it: WHY would you put yourself in an position plus booze for this to happen not once but 3 times? Seriously, why?
With my known probable history of what I would have done to Weinstein had I been stupid enough to go in his hotel room, with his hideousness toad self in a robe. Welp. I would have done the same to Swallwell and he would have been Smallwell when I was done with him.
This is no exaggeration on my part, the violence if someone whipped it out in my youth. Or even now. There would be mayhem and a lot of blood and gore and pain that would not be mine.
I will also never understand the sending of photos of your junk. If anyone did this I'd probably laugh in my disgust and make sure everyone I knew saw it for the vast mocking. Then go to the police for mental disgust or something (I have no idea who to complain to). Ew!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 09:59 PM (WONhk)
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=419287
Posted by: mindful webworker - hie thee to an ONT at April 10, 2026 10:00 PM (C2uPD)
I will be totally straight with you - if I can't do it in 30 seconds, I already know I can't do it in 20 minutes.
Would you believe I am back and forth on a project!
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 10:00 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 10, 2026 10:00 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 10, 2026 09:57 PM (81lGU)
I'm afraid there's only one way to convince Eric to do anything and I can guarantee you're not going to like it.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 10:00 PM (3uBP9)
Yep, that's how SpaceX does Dragon. This is different, though.
This is the way they wanted to do it. You'll notice the Murtha has a "tail gate" at the back. They will float the Orion right up into that and hoist it aboard. But, they wanted to get the crew out first.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 10:01 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 10, 2026 09:59 PM (gm9Sb)
The Pakistani space program put Odor-Eaters in their capsule, and when they opened up after splashdown, the astronauts had vanished.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 10:02 PM (utfVc)
Or you forgot three seconds after you did it, but it helped me, and I managed to get back and push it forward. There are some real gems here. The rest of you I could take or leave.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 10:03 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 10:08 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: All 4 of them at April 10, 2026 10:10 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 10:08 PM (n7rxJ)
Heyyyyy... you were one of the advice givers btw
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 10:11 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 10:14 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: SamIam at April 10, 2026 10:26 PM (cjT1m)
Posted by: South and Proud!! at April 10, 2026 10:38 PM (0BqWd)
Posted by: Rosco at April 10, 2026 10:57 PM (u6tL4)
Posted by: qwerty at April 10, 2026 11:54 PM (E7DRw)
Posted by: Admiral Winchester at April 11, 2026 12:37 AM (jrgJz)
Did they broadcast any of the reentry from the capsule? The astronauts might have "seen something".
Posted by: pawn at April 11, 2026 12:53 AM (jstR0)
Was it? or were there rumors floating about an unsavory guy they used, who is now becoming an up and comer, which describes Swallwell PERFECTLY, so lets find some data that we can use to shut him down and control him before he gets out of control, Bank it, and save it for the time to come and then we will amplify it and exaggerate it.
I think, and being a pretty good judge of character, for instance, Wickedpinto is a random weapon loaded by someone else, with a hair trigger as soon as it's handed to anyone with a Keyboard, I know that for a fact, and I happen to be Wicked fucking Pinto.
SO, what I think it really is, is that THIS particular INDISCRETION, and I WILL call that, not intending to defend Swallwell, but to point out the romantic interactions between the sexes is being GREATLY exaggerated in order to provide maximum damage.
Hey, the chick might have felt pressure. . . . . . at 21, by a nothing burger politician,
Posted by: wickedpinto at April 11, 2026 03:15 AM (dJrj2)
It wasn't rape, it wasn't grooming, each instance happened at a distance to the previous. As for her being drunk, remembering sex kinda but not really, okay, Coyote Ugly, I get it, you feel humiliated and taken advantage of, WELCOME TO THE FUCKING WORLD princess!
Posted by: wickedpinto at April 11, 2026 03:18 AM (dJrj2)
Posted by: wickedpinto at April 11, 2026 03:21 AM (dJrj2)
Posted by: wickedpinto at April 11, 2026 03:23 AM (dJrj2)
The BIGGEST indicator that Swallwell is a piece of shit, and also that this woman is a trashy chick, is that they were in their late 20's in her case, and about 40 in his case. . . . USING SNAPCHAT FOR DM'S!
The FUCK People! Read the data, not the analysis by shit stirring media.
I'm Savvy, and I never established a snapchat because I wasn't a dumb kid trying to hook up. That's it's PURPOSE! And Swallwell as a politician isn't just using it, he's using it for DMing.
If she screencapped that shit, that's golden, but I want to know her name. I've had almost 30 years of "reliable sources" being as unreliable as "Luis" from Ant-Man giving me a history lesson on how to invade grenada.
Posted by: wickedpinto at April 11, 2026 03:28 AM (dJrj2)
They knew Dems would win both slots, so even if one was found to have f'd his nanny, the other Dem would win. Clever, eh? But now the top two are Repubs! SO the Dems *seem to be* in a bind. But don't fret: they'll find a way to disqualify one of the repubs, meaning the 3rd-place Dem will win. Just watch.
Posted by: sf at April 11, 2026 07:34 PM (hohh4)
The Ocho Cafe
Flying the Columban CriCri jet, an experimental aircraft even tinier than the Acrostar from Octopussy. (Hey that's almost The Ocho but with pussy.) Remote-control dirt buggy racing. The Trampoline Event, baby goat division. And this is from 12 years ago so it's not AI! (There are so many fake "cute animals on trampolines" videos I don't even click on them.) Cat surfing. World's longest alpine rollercoaster. Sitting is a sport at The Ocho, you know. Racing down an Alp at 70mph on a skateboard. Out-of-control kayaking down a drainage ditch. I've linked this before, but: paragliding with your best friend. The "Jetman Flying Suit" -- it's an engine and short stubby wings you wear on your back. Obligatory Armored MMA fight: two-handed axes. One fighter enters the ring playing his two-handed ax like a guitar. The opponent puts his axe on his shoulder and fires it like a bazooka. I don't know why AMMA isn't on network TV every Sunday.
Is astronauting a sport? Well either way, Artemis II is scheduled to splash down in the ocean near San Diego at 8:07pm.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 07:26 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Roy at April 10, 2026 07:27 PM (1Cncb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:27 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 07:28 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2026 07:28 PM (0sNs1)
Service module separation in 5 minutes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:29 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 07:29 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 10, 2026 07:29 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: gp
Gonna go in like a lawn dart.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 07:29 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:30 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 07:30 PM (0aYVJ)
If I just heard the call-out, Artemis II will just miss breaking Apollo 10's speed record. They changed the trajectory a bit, but they didn't for sure until it got close enough.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:30 PM (w6EFb)
So, Stafford, John Young, and Cernan will remain the fastest humans ever.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:31 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 07:29 PM (/lPRQ)
That's always my goal.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:31 PM (Sco7b)
His campaign is imploding.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 07:29 PM
Pffffft.
Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA, Cuck-CCP, and the next Governor of California) at April 10, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 07:31 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Artemis II Van at April 10, 2026 07:31 PM (wVcYX)
Honda Jet also has some adorably smol engines. But they also have a ton of money to throw at their pet project.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 07:32 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:33 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2026 07:33 PM (q177U)
Artemis II tracker:
https://is.gd/6Nv0zQ
rotate and zoom in from geocentric view to see the trajectory. Note the slingshot around the Moon was designed to change the return plane, cocking so it was coming in South, then turned up NW over Australia to line with the Pacific just right.
All that was done with TLI and minor course correction burns. That's some fancy orbital mechanics. The "no math" rule does not serve you well here.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:34 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:34 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 07:34 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:34 PM (2GVsD)
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Man, that looked really tame. All arm strength, not effort to power through the guard. I did SCA stuff, and the weapons were *technically* padded, but we had guys with glaives who would knock you clean off your feet, even if you got your shield in position. I don't know how they fight today, it's been 25 years, but damn we beat the hell out of each other, and I've got the x-rays to prove it.
After 20 years, the owies tend to come back and when I went into the sports medicine clinic, the doc was like, "So, looking at your elbow, did you do SCA in college?"
"How'd you know?"
"I'm seeing a lot of that these days."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:35 PM (ZOv7s)
That's some serious tarnish.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 07:35 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 07:35 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:35 PM (gKWVE)
Charlie Duke gave them a wake up call. They also played a pre-record message from the late Jim Lovell when they neared the Moon. He said, "Welcome back to my old neighborhood."
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:35 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 07:35 PM (3ek7K)
We usually had to play with that red rubber ball, slightly deflated 'cause the gym teacher was a fag. Made it easier to fake out a throw, though.
Had to play position which was suicide if you were assigned up front.
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2026 07:36 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 07:36 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 07:36 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 07:36 PM (OoFl2)
An ironic term given all the plumbing issues...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:37 PM (Sco7b)
His campaign is imploding.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 07:29 PM (nyTxL)
sidebar
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 07:37 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 07:37 PM (Cqx++)
If you were monitoring heart rates in MC and all that, you'd see they are entering pucker factor territory here.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:37 PM (w6EFb)
Final CM RCS burn complete, putting Orion on just right the entry angle.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:38 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 07:38 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 07:30 PM (0aYVJ)
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I was one of the shortest kids in my grade, not great throwing strength, but it was hard to hit, so I'd draw fire and feed the big kids with the balls that missed. I have a very clear memory of going into a slide and watching two balls cross paths as they passed over my head.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:39 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:39 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:37 PM (Sco7b)
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Emergency Depends status: filling.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:40 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Archer at April 10, 2026 07:40 PM (wvc0i)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 07:40 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 07:40 PM (ESVrU)
Now they got to ride a flaming capsule down, LOS, plus pyrotechnics and chutes working.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:40 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:40 PM (N8ZBc)
"How'd you know?"
"I'm seeing a lot of that these days."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:35 PM (ZOv7s)
Went to the Medieval Times dinner tournament a few times and they were banging each other pretty hard too. And the lances were pretty intense even if they always aimed only at the shield
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:40 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:37 PM (w6EFb)
My favorite part of Brad Pitt's character in Ad Astra.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 07:40 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:37 PM (w6EFb)
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Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:40 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 07:41 PM (3uBP9)
His campaign is imploding.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 07:29 PM (nyTxL)
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Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 07:37 PM (GD0B3
Ah, there it is.
I can't be expected to look everywhere! Where's the little Indian kid you pay 500 rupees to tell you where everything is around here?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 07:41 PM (nyTxL)
A brave young 'naut with a trembling word rang loud and clear
I gotta pee!
Posted by: Please, Mr. Commander at April 10, 2026 07:41 PM (wVcYX)
John Young holds the record for the lowest heart rate. Low 70s during Saturn V launch, and low 90s when he was landing the LM on Apollo 16.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:41 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Max Power
Al Jizz is talking about the Muslims on board.
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Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 07:41 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 07:41 PM (3uBP9
You'd think Musk could point a satellite at it or something.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 07:41 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 07:42 PM (3uBP9)
Mission control heart rates often greatly exceeded the astronauts themselves.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:42 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 07:41 PM (nyTxL)
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So very sorry. Memsahib had me bringing her another box of wine.
Posted by: Punjab at April 10, 2026 07:42 PM (ZOv7s)
Quantum entanglement comms, scheduled for Artemis 3?
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:42 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 07:40 PM (ESVrU)
I keep recommending curling but no-one believes me.
And we can still ALL be Olympians.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:43 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: AlaBAMA
Moose out front should have told you.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 10, 2026 07:43 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
So they got the pneumatic butt probes employed?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 07:43 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Archer at April 10, 2026 07:40 PM (wvc0i)
I am over halfway through Mike Collins' Carrying the Fire. I am looking forward to his account of working with Buzz and Neil.
I read the biography of Neil. he really was preternaturally calm in dangerous situations. People hated riding in a car when he was driving.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 07:43 PM (0aYVJ)
Webb is already pointing to the possibility we are in a different universe, those babies will push it there.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:44 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 07:40 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVieCIyWO-U
Posted by: The Trashmen at April 10, 2026 07:44 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 07:44 PM (V4IXI)
A brave young 'naut with a trembling word rang loud and clear
I gotta pee!
Posted by: Please, Mr. Commander at April 10, 2026 07:41 PM (wVcYX
You go first, m’am. I already peed during the re-entry.
Posted by: Eromero at April 10, 2026 07:45 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:45 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
They'll have those ready for the Uranus flyby
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:45 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 07:43 PM
NASA hasn't released that technology to us!
Posted by: Miss Lindsay at April 10, 2026 07:45 PM (0sNs1)
Neil was incredibly cool headed under pressure during an emergency. See the story of that crash with the LM test units. One of the reasons he was selected to be the first one to land and LM on the Moon.
His heart did hit 150 bpm during that landing. Of course, mine would've exploded, I would've had a heart attack right there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:45 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:46 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 07:46 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:40 PM (8avO+)
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Anything involving horses is crazy dangerous. They crippled Superman on a trail ride. My aunt used to do jumping as a teenager, and by middle age, she would only ride the most worn-out, timid horse she could find. I don't think she rides at all now. You're fine and then that's it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:46 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 07:47 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 07:47 PM (3uBP9)
I'll plug the movie "First Man" here. I love that flick. Seen it maybe ten times.
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:47 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Neil Armstrong at April 10, 2026 07:47 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:48 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:44 PM (2GVsD)
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Wait, Warhammer 40,000 was a documentary?!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:48 PM (ZOv7s)
From tracker, during final approach, earth's gravity is accelerating the hell out of then. 23K mph+ and climbing rapidly.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:48 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2026 07:49 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:49 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 07:50 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:47 PM (N8ZBc)
Dang. I just remembered that my son bought me that one, I have not seen it yet.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 07:50 PM (0aYVJ)
GUIDO says trajectory dead on the money.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:49 PM (w6EFb)
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CHICO says pay him the money now.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:50 PM (ZOv7s)
Now breaking 24K mph. They ain't feeling nothing until non-gravitational acceleration from re-entry forces.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:50 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:46 PM (ZOv7s)
Ugh, my kid has had 2 hard falls to date, one probably a concussion. With all the helmet and gear still. But yes, very dangerous. Barrel racing. And the critical part there is in the fast turns, leaning, not matching the timing with whatever the horse decides they're going to do, and a kid goes down. I've seen the exact same thing happen with other girls.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 07:51 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 10, 2026 07:51 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 07:51 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 10, 2026 07:51 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 07:52 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 07:52 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:48 PM
Approximately 32.174.05 ft/sec**2
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at April 10, 2026 07:52 PM (0sNs1)
GUIDO says trajectory dead on the money.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:49 PM (w6EFb)
Any news from MARIO or LUIGI?
Posted by: NES at April 10, 2026 07:52 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 10, 2026 07:52 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 07:52 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 07:52 PM (U/Byj)
A brave young 'naut with a trembling word rang loud and clear
I gotta pee!
Posted by: Please, Mr. Commander at April 10, 2026 07:41 PM (wVcYX
You go first, m’am. I already peed during the re-entry.
Posted by: Eromero at April 10, 2026 07:45 PM (LHPAg)
Imagine trying to hold it until you get home.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 07:52 PM (dK+Kv)
- comment on the NASA feed.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 07:53 PM (/lPRQ)
MS Now is airing commercials right now. How broke are they? Damn, this is a lot of commercials. Still going... Did someone die on air?
Hey MS Now is back! And they've done it. They have done it!
MS Now is NOT talking about President Trump.
That's amazing.
And we're into 'bringing people together' and Trump.
Back to CBC
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:53 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 07:51 PM (3uBP9)
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She's only 14 years older than me, so I remember going to her events and of course the smell and stink of horses. Not impressed.
When Reeves was injured, she said that once you turn 40, the game changes completely. When you're a teen, you're made of rubber, heal quickly, and you can bounce back from really bad stuff. But the older you get, the more that stuff hurts.
At the same time, my 83 year old father bought a new motorbike last year and likes to putter around town in it, visiting his wife in the nursing home. I guess when you get that old, what the hell.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:53 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 07:54 PM (3uBP9)
Swalwell is a disgusting creep, but if he's out of the race Porter might get into the top two which would be a disaster
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:54 PM (gKWVE)
He kept his own counsel so effectively that even his parents did not know what his philosophical or religious beliefs were.
pg. 244. We Reach the Moon. John Wilford Noble. Bantam Books. Published in 1969 within 72 hours of Apollo 11's splashdown.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:54 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 07:54 PM (GD0B3)
MS Now is NOT talking about President Trump.
That's amazing.
And we're into 'bringing people together' and Trump.
Back to CBC
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:53 PM
Color commentary of the color commentary is pretty meta.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2026 07:54 PM (0sNs1)
Ugh, my kid has had 2 hard falls to date, one probably a concussion. With all the helmet and gear still. But yes, very dangerous. Barrel racing. And the critical part there is in the fast turns, leaning, not matching the timing with whatever the horse decides they're going to do, and a kid goes down. I've seen the exact same thing happen with other girls.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 07:51 PM (3uBP9)
I evented - jumping fences that don’t come down, and barrel racing scares me. I am sure it isn’t any more dangerous, maybe even less. But I never have and never will!
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 07:54 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 07:55 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 07:55 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:55 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 07:52 PM (GD0B3
Sorter just dropped another one. Said Swallwell may have illegally subpoenaed Melanie because 'she's fucking hot'. Also that he wanted a donor to get him some girls and that he 'only fucks 10s'.
Dude is toast.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 07:55 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 07:52 PM (GD0B3)
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Do you mean fluids or pathogens, venereal diseases...?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:55 PM (ZOv7s)
Had two crewmen at the range 2 years ago from that ship. When they told me their ship, I laughed, and they asked me to explain, so I did. I asked about morale. They said, poor. I asked about DEI "training" - they assured me everyone went through the motions but all thought it was idiotic (one of the guys was in charge of it on that ship).
Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 07:55 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 10, 2026 07:55 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: rhomboid
You might.
Get them when boosters return to Cape.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 07:55 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:55 PM (w6EFb)
How can someone be more of a disaster than Swallow? I'm not familiar with Porter.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 07:56 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 07:56 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 07:56 PM (U/Byj)
Dude is toast.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 07:55 PM (nyTxL)
there is also an audio that never came out of him saying crazy stuff
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 07:57 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:57 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:54 PM
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Posted by: Katie P. at April 10, 2026 07:57 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 07:57 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 07:41 PM (3uBP9)
Carrier pigeons with asbestos feathers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 07:57 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 10, 2026 07:51 PM (gcUgZ)
The Bob and Tom Show talked about McIlroy, when asked about why his chosen meal did not feature more Irish cuisine, and he said, because I would like to actually enjoy my meal.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 07:57 PM (0aYVJ)
They're pulling some g's now. 4G supposed to be the peak.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:57 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 07:56 PM (OoFl2)
What kind of pants are those?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 10, 2026 07:58 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 07:58 PM (dK+Kv)
Looking out their windows, the crew sees they are riding a fireball.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:58 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:58 PM (2GVsD)
How can someone be more of a disaster than Swallow? I'm not familiar with Porter.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
It's California. The answer is always yes.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 10, 2026 07:58 PM (gcUgZ)
His heart did hit 150 bpm during that landing. Of course, mine would've exploded, I would've had a heart attack right there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:45 PM
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"First Man" is a really good exposition of the way he handled four big problems, any one of which would have been catastrophic for a lesser pilot. The X-15 bounce, Gemini 8, the LEM trainer, landing the Eagle. The Gemini spinout was the most harrowing.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 10, 2026 07:58 PM (NYInA)
GUIDO = Guidance Officer.
That's from the Apollo days.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:55 PM
###
Sarducci = Catholic Priest.
Posted by: From the SNL days at April 10, 2026 07:58 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 07:58 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 10, 2026 07:51 PM (gcUgZ)
The Bob and Tom Show talked about McIlroy, when asked about why his chosen meal did not feature more Irish cuisine, and he said, because I would like to actually enjoy my meal.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
I saw that. Pretty funny!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 10, 2026 07:59 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:59 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 07:59 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 07:59 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 07:59 PM (OoFl2)
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Gotta admit, I'm glued to my computer screen right now.
Makes it awkward to type.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 08:00 PM (ESVrU)
Speed is dropping like a rock. They are pulling g's big time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:01 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:01 PM (3uBP9)
And they've got contact. They made it!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:01 PM (w6EFb)
A tumbling Flying Bedsted or Gemini 8 was probably nothing compared to that pucker factor event.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:01 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: PabloD at April 10, 2026 08:01 PM (8sD0/)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:46 PM (ZOv7s)
I don't think they ever did a fall from a horse, if they got hit they would lie back across the back, then get the horses apart and dismount to fight hand to hand.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 08:01 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 08:01 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:02 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 10, 2026 08:02 PM (REq0p)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 08:03 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Integrity at April 10, 2026 08:03 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:03 PM (/lPRQ)
Cover jettisoned, drogues good.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:04 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:04 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 08:04 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:05 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 08:05 PM (u82oZ)
Main chutes good!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:05 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:05 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:06 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 08:06 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 08:06 PM (nyTxL)
"I'm just happy to see them."
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 08:06 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:07 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:07 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 08:07 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: PabloD at April 10, 2026 08:07 PM (8sD0/)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 08:08 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Eromero at April 10, 2026 08:08 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 10, 2026 08:08 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:08 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 10, 2026 08:08 PM (REq0p)
Splashdown!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:08 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:08 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 08:08 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 10, 2026 08:08 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 08:08 PM (ESVrU)
Parachutes come in handy.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 08:08 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 08:09 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:09 PM (3uBP9)
WB-57 still flying!
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 08:05 PM (u82oZ)
___________
Used to see them flying out of Ellington. Very striking plane.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 08:10 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:10 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 08:10 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Jules Verne at April 10, 2026 08:10 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 08:10 PM (3ek7K)
-- Artemis II mission commander
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 08:10 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 08:10 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 08:10 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:11 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Not Me! at April 10, 2026 08:11 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 10, 2026 08:11 PM (REq0p)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 08:11 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 08:12 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 08:12 PM (Fbc0I)
The hatch just blew! It just blew!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 08:10 PM (tgvbd
Too many nickels!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 08:12 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2026 08:12 PM (RIvkX)
Not enough potential coersion and oppression I guess.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 08:12 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 08:13 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: E Musk at April 10, 2026 08:13 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Not Me! at April 10, 2026 08:11 P
The person with the smallest hands.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 08:13 PM (Sco7b)
and reuse them. Fucking wasteful.
Posted by: E Musk at April 10, 2026 08:13 PM (abIsI
NASA nerds hate you.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 08:13 PM (nyTxL)
and reuse them. Fucking wasteful.
Posted by: E Musk at April 10, 2026 08:13 PM (abIsI)
Get your ass to Mars.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 08:14 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Not Me! at April 10, 2026 08:11 P
The person with the smallest hands.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 08:13 PM (Sco7b)
Nah. Flamethrower time.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 10, 2026 08:14 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 08:14 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 10, 2026 08:14 PM (REq0p)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 08:14 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:15 PM (3uBP9)
and reuse them. Fucking wasteful.
Posted by: E Musk at April 10, 2026 08:13 PM (abIsI)
Get your ass to Mars.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
Keep it up and I'll be circling Uranus.
Posted by: E Musk at April 10, 2026 08:15 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 08:15 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 08:15 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 08:16 PM (Wmg4n)
You'd better get Starship HLS working and a test landing on the Moon before you worry about that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:16 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 08:16 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Eromero at April 10, 2026 08:17 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 08:16 PM (V4IXI)
We should burn Atlanta again!!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 08:17 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 08:16 PM (Wmg4n)
Ha! Sounds like my kids...about 30 years ago.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 08:17 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
Steve Miller was in that, wasn't he?
Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2026 08:18 PM (cYBz/)
I see no curve on the ocean horizon. Earth is obviously flat.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:18 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 08:18 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 08:18 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:19 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 08:19 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:19 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 08:19 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 08:19 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 08:19 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 08:19 PM (Ia/+0)
Some minor comm glitches with the divers/recovery team.
Looks like they got in fixed or worked-around, crew is in contact with "master diver".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:19 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:20 PM (/lPRQ)
Was i the only person who half expected something to go wrong?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 08:18 PM (tgvbd)
My heart was in my throat, and I'm fighting tears. I'm such a girl, sometimes. This was amazing.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 10, 2026 08:20 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 08:20 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:20 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: E Musk at April 10, 2026 08:21 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:21 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 08:21 PM (Fbc0I)
Fast boats just got there.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:20 PM (/lPRQ)
____________
Yamato task force was coming over the horizon.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 08:21 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 10, 2026 08:22 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:22 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 08:22 PM (GD0B3)
Rebooting the radio.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:22 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 08:22 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 08:22 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 10, 2026 08:22 PM (kpS4V)
They're trying a "backdoor approach" for comms....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:23 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:23 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 08:23 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: rhomboid
They should use those cigarette boats that the big time coke dealers tool around in.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:23 PM (/lPRQ)
If I ever end up with a pet baby goat, I'm going to name him "Mutton".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 08:24 PM (JoTi8)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:24 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: rhomboid
They should use those cigarette boats that the big time coke dealers tool around in.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Trump blew them up. What a loser.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at April 10, 2026 08:24 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:24 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 08:25 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2026 08:25 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:26 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 08:25 PM (nyTxL)
Andromeda Strain?
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 10, 2026 08:26 PM (wVcYX)
We know they lie about all things money.
Posted by: E Musk at April 10, 2026 08:26 PM (abIsI)
With John Kerry.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 08:22 PM (Cqx++)
You got a fast boat.
I want a ticket to anywhere.
Maybe we can get out of this capsule.
Posted by: Tracy Chapman at April 10, 2026 08:26 PM (3uBP9)
Isaacman is aboard the Murtha!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:26 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: davidt at April 10, 2026 08:26 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Eromero at April 10, 2026 08:26 PM (LHPAg)
Stand by.....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 08:26 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: JROD at April 10, 2026 08:27 PM (PLgLU)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 08:25 PM (nyTxL)
Andromeda Strain?
Posted by: Count de Monet
Face hugger hatchlings.
Posted by: E Musk at April 10, 2026 08:27 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 08:27 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:28 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:28 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at April 10, 2026 08:28 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 08:25 PM (nyTxL)
Andromeda Strain?
Posted by: Count de Monet
Face hugger hatchlings.
Posted by: E Musk
I do like that they are on top... so it doesn't sink all the way.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:28 PM (/lPRQ)
At least it ain't the Harvey Milk. Think positive.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:28 PM (2GVsD)
Had the same thoughts. Heh.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 08:28 PM (0aYVJ)
How many learing centers could have been funded with the money wasted on this extravaganza?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 08:27 PM (tgvbd
Maybe two.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 08:28 PM (nyTxL)
That Flat earthers and the other space hoaxers all say they fake splashdowns by dropping dummy capsules out of cargo planes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:29 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 08:29 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: PabloD at April 10, 2026 08:29 PM (8sD0/)
Better that than four Space Balls.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:23 PM (2GVsD)
Or 4 corpses while they fuck around.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 10, 2026 08:29 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 08:29 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 10, 2026 08:30 PM (CNl8/)
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Xenomorph hugs are the best!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 10, 2026 08:30 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 08:30 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:30 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 08:30 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:29 PM (w6EFb)
Then sometimes the Russians drop their ball looking things so hard over land that they make a big smoking hole in the ground on oopsie.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:30 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 08:30 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 08:25 PM (nyTxL)
Andromeda Strain?
Posted by: Count de Monet
Do you think Captain Kirk ever went back for that healing empath so she could cure his space STDs?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 08:31 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 08:18 PM (tgvbd)
My heart was in my throat, and I'm fighting tears. I'm such a girl, sometimes. This was amazing.
I almost feel sorry for these guys, though. If something goes wrong, well, that sucks for them obviously. If everything goes right, people my age (29) will feel a bit like "I've seen this before".
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 08:31 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 10, 2026 08:32 PM (h7ZuX)
==
didn't it happen to the Soviets ? they got back , but were all dead??
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 08:32 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Eromero at April 10, 2026 08:32 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:29 PM
++++
We meet Wednesdays at 7 pm at the Elks Lodge.
Come join us.
Posted by: The Flat Moon Society at April 10, 2026 08:32 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: runner
As long as Barbara Bain is there to greet you, who cares?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2026 08:33 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:33 PM (2GVsD)
He clearly understands that business as usual won't cut it in the age of Space X. He's trying to get an old, hidebound bureaucracy to learn new tricks, and that would be the biggest achievement of them all.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 08:33 PM (Riz8t)
Can they at least crack a window?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:33 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: JROD at April 10, 2026 08:33 PM (PLgLU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:33 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: PabloD at April 10, 2026 08:34 PM (8sD0/)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 08:34 PM (AkEZC)
It's been decades since I followed a mission this closely. Today feels like it did in grade school classrooms when we watched Mercury missions on TV.
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 08:34 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:34 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 10, 2026 08:34 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:34 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: PabloD at April 10, 2026 08:34 PM (8sD0/)
Well, unfortunately we had one of those without even taking off.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:35 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Too much pressure in the pneumatic rectal probe will do that, sometimes.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:35 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:34 PM (2GVsD)
And an easy lay...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 08:35 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Union Rules at April 10, 2026 08:35 PM (2Ez/1)
Can they at least crack a window?
Imagine if you had to fart right now.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 08:35 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 08:35 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 08:31 PM (Riz8t)
I don't recall seeing it the first time. I was certainly alive, but we didn't have this kind of coverage.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 10, 2026 08:36 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Standard Navy Practice at April 10, 2026 08:36 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2026 08:36 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:37 PM (2GVsD)
At least it ain't the Harvey Milk. Think positive.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:28 PM (2GVsD)
Had the same thoughts. Heh.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic
I thought they renamed the USS Harvey Milk.
Yes, the USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO-206) was renamed to the USNS Oscar V. Peterson (T-AO-206) in June 2025 by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The renaming is part of an initiative to remove the names of political figures from Navy vessels, with the ship instead honoring a World War II Navy Chief Petty Officer and Medal of Honor recipient
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 10, 2026 08:37 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: PabloD at April 10, 2026 08:37 PM (8sD0/)
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 10, 2026 08:38 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 10, 2026 08:38 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 10, 2026 08:38 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: eleven at April 10, 2026 08:38 PM (aTgV0)
Pretty funny, but missed a few points. I give it a 7.5 out of 10.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 10, 2026 08:38 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 08:34 PM (AkEZC)
Baggage claim logistics would be really bad with high speed travel or near singularities. Either you or your stuff could go through some time dilation and you'd be centuries off. Imagine having to wait 300 years for your packed underwear and socks.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:39 PM (3uBP9)
>The Chinese hacked the system that pops the hatches so you're going to have to endure sniffing more Canadian ass.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 08:39 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 10, 2026 08:39 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: fd at April 10, 2026 08:39 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
Are we though? According to the comments regarding the Three Wolfes Howling at the Moon t-shirt, they may have first claim.
https://t.ly/Tvz-P
Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2026 08:39 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 08:35 PM
I believe I have shared some wisdom regarding that situation.
Posted by: Chairman Mao at April 10, 2026 08:39 PM (0sNs1)
Now they're back home, all the full resolution picture and video is back.
No telling how long it will take them to get up on the public sites, but I'm looking forward to it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:39 PM (w6EFb)
Since the mission succeeded, it's a great international triumph. Had it failed, it would have been Trump's fault.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 08:39 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:39 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: eleven at April 10, 2026 08:39 PM (aTgV0)
- they are all thinking it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:39 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:11 PM (2GVsD)
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Damn! My wing flew RB-57s in the black and white film era.
They used black powder cartridges to start the engines.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 08:39 PM (ZOv7s)
After a quick Google search on that name, I'd say I know why you were curious. Well, except for the obvious. Pretty girl.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 08:40 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: PabloD at April 10, 2026 08:37 PM (8sD0/)
I've heard that space generally smells like burnt hair, or that is a common description over the ages from astronauts.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:40 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Eromero at April 10, 2026 08:40 PM (LHPAg)
I almost feel sorry for these guys, though. If something goes wrong, well, that sucks for them obviously. If everything goes right, people my age (29) will feel a bit like "I've seen this before".
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 08:31 PM (Riz8t)
--
This was the first time I'd ever seen the main chutes deploy. Had no idea how close to splash this occurred -- 5000 ft. I'm going "open! Open!" I've had 54 years of being insulated from what a circus act a splashdown is.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 10, 2026 08:41 PM (NYInA)
Posted by: fd at April 10, 2026 08:39 PM
++++
Duct tape.
Posted by: It's Science! at April 10, 2026 08:41 PM (2Ez/1)
They're all wearing their space diapers as part of the reentry suit up protocols.
I just don't want to think too much about that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:41 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Either way the Year of the Linux Desktop peeps get to feel smug about Outlook going fubar.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at April 10, 2026 08:41 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: eleven at April 10, 2026 08:41 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: zombie Chairman Mao at April 10, 2026 08:42 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: PabloD at April 10, 2026 08:37 PM (8sD0/)
No, it smells like a wet dog in here.
Posted by: Victor Glover at April 10, 2026 08:42 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 08:43 PM (tgvbd)
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After a quick Google search on that name, I'd say I know why you were curious. Well, except for the obvious. Pretty girl.
Posted by: Archimedes
==
Had to look.
Recommended searches were for cone flowers.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:43 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:11 PM (2GVsD)
They should buy more U-2s. They're very nice. Everyone likes more U-2s.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:43 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 08:43 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2026 08:39 PM (cYBz/)
Haha! Looks like amusing reading. I'll save that for later.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 10, 2026 08:44 PM (h7ZuX)
China?
Posted by: eleven
Nah, everybody knows you have to drill through the earth to get ChicomLand.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at April 10, 2026 08:44 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
This just in; Judge Boasberg has ordered Integrity and the astronauts to return to space.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 08:44 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:44 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Archimedes
==
Had to look.
Recommended searches were for cone flowers.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:43 PM (/lPRQ)
She looks ~15% alien dna.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:44 PM (3uBP9)
They're also testing some "orthostatic" something or another whatsit test undergarment that is supposed to mitigate any BP control problems after return to 1g.
That can be a problem. Body forgets how to control blood pressure when you change position in normal gravity.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:44 PM (w6EFb)
They're also testing some "orthostatic" something or another whatsit test undergarment that is supposed to mitigate any BP control problems after return to 1g.
That can be a problem. Body forgets how to control blood pressure when you change position in normal gravity.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:44 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: zombie Chairman Mao
But you can feel the vibrations.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:44 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:44 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Summer Robert, 28-O cups, 55 lbs on my 4' 9" frame at April 10, 2026 08:45 PM (wVcYX)
Since the mission succeeded, it's a great international triumph. Had it failed, it would have been Trump's fault.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 08:39 PM (tgvbd)
--
Now comes the "Despite Trump" angle.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 10, 2026 08:45 PM (NYInA)
You know that capsule probably smells like an over-full Port-a-John on a hot summer day.
Posted by: PabloD
Woodstock!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 08:46 PM (Cqx++)
That double post thing happened there was some glitch here when I hit post. I don't think I hit it twice, and I thought Pixy filtered that anyway.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:46 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 10, 2026 08:47 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: eleven at April 10, 2026 08:47 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Frank Costanza at April 10, 2026 08:47 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 08:47 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: PabloD at April 10, 2026 08:47 PM (8sD0/)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 08:47 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:44 PM
The music video for tonight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apBWI6xrbLY
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2026 08:47 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: fd at April 10, 2026 08:39 PM (vFG9F)
There are some pachyderms involved, also amphibians,... look it's really complicated.
Posted by: Terry Pratchett at April 10, 2026 08:47 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: fd at April 10, 2026 08:39 PM
---
I saw a post about how the flat earth and the moon truthers are basically people who either are immune to reason, or shitposters seeking attention. You can ask them what they would accept as proof, give it to them, and then they come up with a new requirement, which you meet, and then there's another requirement, and the game is just to make you waste time arguing with an idiot who has nothing else about them to draw attention.
But by being flat earth or moon truth, maybe someone will waste their time with you for a while.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 08:48 PM (ZOv7s)
I'm on my own again this evening. Miss Linda was feeling terrible, dizzy for some reason, and even some four-cheese pizza and lemonade did not help. So here I is, with two furry thugs trotting about, Pacific Heights on the Movies! Channel, winding down. Howzabout you?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2026 08:48 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 08:48 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen?
They are establishing a security perimeter now.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:49 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:43 PM
This man. He gets it!
Posted by: Bono at April 10, 2026 08:49 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 10, 2026 08:49 PM (gm9Sb)
You sound like the kind of person who would use a crossbow.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 08:49 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 10, 2026 08:49 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 08:49 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:50 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 10, 2026 08:50 PM (nESHF)
===
You sound like the kind of person who would use a crossbow.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 08:49 PM
Or 9mm. Or put beans in chili.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2026 08:51 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 08:51 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 10, 2026 08:49 PM (kpS4V)
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I assume John Berkey gets prominent attention? I have his "Painted Space" compilation.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 08:52 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 10, 2026 08:52 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:52 PM (2GVsD)
We're not even close. And you'd think taking a space dump would be... sorta' important for a multi-day/week/month/year trip.
Sad.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 08:53 PM (AkEZC)
Yep, they back the recovery ship up to the capsule and hoist it aboard. Then they open the hatch.
NASA wants to get the crew out while floating, then fly them back to the recovery ship. The Murtha has some "well deck" I think I saw, and they will float the Orion right into that and then lift it aboard.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:53 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 08:53 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 08:52
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I checked -- nope. This is Bonestell-rich and McCall-heavy.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 10, 2026 08:54 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: eleven at April 10, 2026 08:54 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 08:49 PM (Riz8t)
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Well, you know, I am a man of many facets. I have a crossbow, hand crossbow and a recurve bow. I'm a complicated man, no one understands me but my woman...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 08:54 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 08:54 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 10, 2026 08:54 PM (nESHF)
Recommended searches were for cone flowers.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:43 PM (/lPRQ)
She looks ~15% alien dna.
Posted by: banana Dream
But no link? Here: https://tinyurl.com/e8p8rj28
I'm thinking more the 15% alien, and yet...I'm intrigued...
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 10, 2026 08:54 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Notorious BFD
"OK, who has the key to unlock this thing? Well? It is in your other wet suit? Oh jeezh..." Rubber Boat Commando Honcho
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at April 10, 2026 08:54 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 10, 2026 08:55 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 10, 2026 08:54 PM (kpS4V)
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Rodney Matthews?
I'm really surprised about Berkey, because he illustrated a National Geographic book on space. Seems kind of mainstream. Did movie posters as well.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 08:55 PM (ZOv7s)
lol
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 10, 2026 08:55 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:55 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: NASA's IT Tech On Call at April 10, 2026 08:55 PM (wVcYX)
The frogman who first opened the hatch on Apollo 8 after splashdown said it smelled like a septic tank inside.
Read about Frank Borman's "loose stool" episode. Yep, it floated all over everything. They just didn't talk about that back then.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:55 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 10, 2026 08:55 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:56 PM (Nhdgn)
What do they identify as? Krikkit? Vogon? Pierson Puppeteer?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026
***
Wunderlander. If she were male she'd be sporting an asymmetrical beard.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2026 08:56 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 10, 2026 08:56 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:56 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 08:56 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 10, 2026 08:57 PM (nESHF)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 10, 2026 08:57 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 08:57 PM (Nhdgn)
Just imagine. You blast off, go around the Moon, and never have a hint of space sickness, then splashdown and get seasick and puke all over the place.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:58 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 08:58 PM (Fbc0I)
They have opened the hatch.
Pewwww!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 08:56 PM (w6EFb)
Mr. Dmlw! is on about a three minute delay. Are they out?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 10, 2026 08:59 PM (h7ZuX)
Nobody is out yet, but a recovery team guy has entered the capsule.
Protocol will be to carry then out onto the raft, which they haven't set up yet.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 09:00 PM (w6EFb)
- first rescue dude
Posted by: Eromero at April 10, 2026 09:01 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: LASue at April 10, 2026 09:01 PM (lCppi)
We're not even close. And you'd think taking a space dump would be... sorta' important for a multi-day/week/month/year trip.
Sad.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 08:53 PM (AkEZC)
My feeling has always been that the chief hurdle with time travel is that at some point in the past there will not be toilet paper and I'm not sure if multi cellular organisms can exist without toilet paper to wipe their various digestive system holes. I strongly feel it is probably impossible.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 09:01 PM (3uBP9)
Nobody is out yet, but a recovery team guy has entered the capsule.
Protocol will be to carry then out onto the raft, which they haven't set up yet.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 09:00 PM (w6EFb)
Whew! Thanks!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 10, 2026 09:02 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 09:19 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 10, 2026 08:49 PM (gm9Sb)
The Popeil Pocket Fisherman!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 09:27 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Bob at April 10, 2026 10:44 PM (cNhbl)
British News Anchor: Europe Has No Energy, Little Food Production, Little Industry, and Virtually No Military. It Is Heading for a "Dark Ages" Not Seen For 1000 Years.
They've deliberately destroyed their own civilization.
M.A. Rothman
@MichaelARothman 𝐀 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏'𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐆𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀 -- 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐄'𝐒 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄 GB News' Alex Armstrong laid out the geopolitical map that American media refuses to draw: this war isn't about toppling Iran. It's about 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 -- and America is winning on every front. Start with oil. The Strait of Hormuz carries 𝟒𝟓% 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚'𝐬 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲. Trump effectively captured Venezuela's oil supply in January. As Armstrong put it: "𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴." China is in the middle of a tariff negotiation with Trump -- and suddenly its entire energy supply depends on American goodwill. Then Europe. With Russian energy off the table and domestic energy hollowed out by the "𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘰," Europe is becoming 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐬. Armstrong: "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 ��𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰." Armstrong connected the dots to what the Pentagon calls 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 -- Greenland through the Panama Canal, the entire Western Hemisphere secured as a self-sufficient American economic and security zone. "𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦-𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢." The most striking part was his warning for Britain: "𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘞𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 60% 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥." He described Britain heading toward 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 as America withdraws from its traditional role. When a foreign ally's own news anchors are publicly acknowledging that Trump's strategy is working -- even as it leaves them behind -- that tells you everything about who has the leverage. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭: 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬. 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬.
𝐀 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏’𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐆𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀 — 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐄’𝐒 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄
— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) April 8, 2026
GB News’ Alex Armstrong laid… pic.twitter.com/geQR6obYBq
Some are attempting to warn Europe that their insane drive for de-industrialization is pointless anyway:
Camus
@newstart_2024
"We're not saving the planet -- we're just exporting our emissions to China and India." Konstantin Kisin cut straight through the net zero illusion on Steven Bartlett's Diary of a CEO. Britain proudly cuts its share of global CO₂ from 2% to 1.9%, while actually increasing total emissions by offshoring production to countries with dirtier energy, then shipping the goods back on heavy fuel tankers. At the same time, many people are poorer today than 20 years ago, even if they haven't fully felt it in their wallets yet. Kisin predicts the big public shift away from net zero won't come from better science or arguments -- it will come when ordinary people can no longer afford their current lives. That's when reality finally breaks through. It's a sobering reminder that economic pain often forces the honest conversation we've been avoiding. When do you think people will finally start connecting these dots?
“We’re not saving the planet — we’re just exporting our emissions to China and India.”
— Camus (@newstart_2024) April 10, 2026
Konstantin Kisin cut straight through the net zero illusion on Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO.
Britain proudly cuts its share of global CO₂ from 2% to 1.9%, while actually increasing total… pic.twitter.com/EoTiCOjFS9
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 10, 2026 06:20 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 10, 2026 06:20 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 10, 2026 06:20 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 10, 2026 06:22 PM (CyzaQ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 06:22 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (xcxpd)
The crocodile is going to eat you FIRST, dumbass!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (CyzaQ)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (CyzaQ)
Eastern Europe holds some promise
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 06:24 PM (FtULh)
Shame about all the slav on slav violence.
And what would happen to Poland and the Baltics.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 10, 2026 06:24 PM (xcxpd)
@DHSgov 1h
IDEOLOGICAL CENSORSHIP.
@ABC7 News Los Angeles revealed that they are using AI to edit DHS statements to conform to their narrative bias, including the removal of an illegal alien’s criminal background.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 10, 2026 06:25 PM (diia5)
I have seen many of these myself.
The thin skin of the tanks can barely support themselves without being pressurized.
So, in a sense, they are big balloons.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 06:26 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:26 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 06:26 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Last Man In Europe at April 10, 2026 06:26 PM (onPc6)
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 06:27 PM (KVa9+)
It's a prequel to what's coming to Europe.
And a great movie. A lot of fun. Unlike what's coming to Europe as tough men get made.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 06:27 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 10, 2026 06:27 PM (CwhoI)
I have been screaming this since the Kyoto discussion. I must have written this dozens of times.
Kyoto was not about reducing carbon, it was about hobbling the US. They got high on their own poison.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 06:27 PM (K56Oe)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 06:27 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 10, 2026 06:27 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2026 06:28 PM (n5tGW)
Report out that Hunter has fled to South Africa to skip out on 17+ million dollar indebtedness.
Posted by: Auspex
He's got a plan.
Hunter Biden Challenges Trump’s Sons — Don Jr. & Eric — to a Cage Fight
https://is.gd/zx9dlK
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The Thrilla in Vanilla!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:28 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Rusty Griswold at April 10, 2026 06:29 PM (wVcYX)
BTW, I called this a while ago. Whoever Trump's Kissinger/Bismarck/Metternich is, I want to know and meet that person.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 06:29 PM (ZOv7s)
When you have more ammo than you can carry ? Diversify. Water. Canned food. Gas and a generator.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 06:29 PM (KVa9+)
How does it make sense to import food, energy, ... and more people? Why not just do whatever the fuck it is those people are going to do over where they already are? Take over those shitholes and rule them remotely.
(There used to be an argument that population size was important because of military needs. But Europe has no military, and those migrants will not fight on our side. So why are they there?/here?)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 06:30 PM (K56Oe)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 06:30 PM (V4IXI)
@ABC7 News Los Angeles revealed that they are using AI to edit DHS statements to conform to their narrative bias, including the removal of an illegal alien’s criminal background.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
They used to use human editors.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 06:30 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:31 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2026 06:31 PM (yAteE)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 06:31 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 06:30 PM (V4IXI)
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Yeah, I think it brought down the government.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 06:31 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2026 06:31 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: davidt at April 10, 2026 06:31 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Auspex
$17 million is only 34 paintings based on Hunter's PREVIOUS sales history.
Why abscond over the debt? Bob Ross could knock off 34 nice paintings over a 3-day weekend!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 10, 2026 06:32 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 06:32 PM (Sco7b)
I don't necessarily buy this.
The world isn't a "Risk" game board anymore, and if Spacex ramps up the Starship launch rate as promised nothing will be as it was.
Just look at Starlink.
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2026 06:32 PM (Y8DZL)
Yes. You'll find - in the game of Euro arrogance - the Dutch come in first.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 06:32 PM (KVa9+)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:33 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2026 06:34 PM (yAteE)
Posted by: Der Volkischer Beobachter at April 10, 2026 06:34 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 06:34 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 06:34 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 10, 2026 06:34 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 10, 2026 06:32 PM (HlyYF)
40 canvasses, some brushes, a bunch of Taco Bell, prunes, high fiber cereal and coffee and the money machine will flow once again.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 06:35 PM (Sco7b)
Cultures are. Might as well wish water was dry. The world still is a Risk board.
Thats the point. Things ain't changed. The stupid insistence it has is the biggest problem.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 06:35 PM (KVa9+)
Elex Michaelson
@Elex_Michaelson
#BREAKING Rep. Jimmy Gomez, a longtime friend and early endorser of Swalwell’s campaign for Governor, leaves the campaign and encourages him to drop out of the race.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:36 PM (ndZc7)
Europe Has No Energy, Little Food Production, Little Industry, and Virtually No Military. It Is Heading for a "Dark Ages" Not Seen For 1000 Years.
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That's too bad.
*resumes watching hockey fight videos*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:36 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2026 06:36 PM (yAteE)
Euroweenie bureaucrats: "There are kids starving in Africa, so we should reduce the amount of arable land in the EU."
IQ of my parents >>>>> IQ of "brilliant" EU technocrats
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 10, 2026 06:36 PM (HlyYF)
Fox live view:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYF4GzZDUIs
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 10, 2026 06:36 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 06:37 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:37 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:37 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: ORANGE MAN BAD!!! at April 10, 2026 06:38 PM (9vFyc)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:38 PM (tgvbd)
My understanding is the the Dutchies went hardest -- they put limits on N2, claiming it was bad for the water or something, and required shutting down fields. (This is insanity if you know anything about N2, the Dutch, or farming.)
But Germany and UK are doing the same but different. UK is making the land taxable upon transfer to children so it would have to be sold off when owner dies. Germany was subsidizing converting to solar farms and also enviro limits. I think the EU had something like 10% reduction in farmland on their plans - something crazy like that, which all countries had to meet. It is pure suicide.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (K56Oe)
This will be the riskiest part of the mission: reentry. The heat shield on the Orion capsule had to unexpected charring and cracking. NASA modified the reentry profile to compensate. Let's hope they got it right.
That whole heat shield problem was a convoluted thing and I don't know if I completely understood it or not. While it sounds crazy, the problem, they said, was the first reentry profile wasn't quite hot enough. The heat shield didn't heat up as fast, and that caused the problem somehow.
So, the solution was to have this Artemis II capsule come in a little bit steeper and hotter to heat up fast enough. I know that's sounds crazy, but that's how I understood.
Finally, they made some design changes, and that new improved heat shield will be used for future missions.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (CyzaQ)
Eastern Europe holds some promise
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 06:24 PM
Poland is pretty much the only thing holding back putin from just driving into europe and taking over. They have an actual no kidding military.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (0N4FZ)
No need to infect others. Leave Hunter's plasma and other fluids inside Hunter.
He does need a comprehensive, forensic audit by the most ruthless IRS goons we have on staff.l
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (V4IXI)
https://tinyurl.com/yp3m3jv9
Posted by: beckster at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (kX27y)
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Au revoir les enfants.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (RIvkX)
Oh Noe ... Europe is killing itself.
Anyway.
Posted by: Yep
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I really do hope they stop. Sure, I'd love for America to be King of the World, but what world? Fortress America with China and Russia hulking around, and then a bunch of sand and ruins?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (n7rxJ)
Eighty years later, all of Western Europe has willingly implemented it.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (2GVsD)
A woman who worked for nearly two years for Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading candidate for California governor, said she had sexual encounters with him while he was her boss and alleged he twice sexually assaulted her when she was too intoxicated to consent.
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Apparently a candy/dandy liquor/quicker thing.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (ndZc7)
Trump threatened two NATO allies with annexation; that is betrayal. I would Article 5 hard for Canada
The US is the screaming toddler on the airliner constantly demanding attention. We are stuck listening to it and we can't get away from it.
Most Americans have no idea how furious with America Europe is. First they impose huge tarifs. Then they stop aiding Ukraine. Then they threaten to take Greenland.
The funny thing is that they think Europeans care. The United States is quite frankly a country many Europeans want to leave behind and not hear about ever again.
Denmark bled for the US several times. Our people died for them. When did Israel die for the US? Where was Israel in Afghanistan or Iraq? I don't understand why Americans somehow like Israel, but say we're the bad ally?
America is the traitor… you elected a madman and you think that we are the problem? Your house is on fire ffs
There are a great many Americans who live in a completely fact-free fantasy world, carefully constructed to suit their bigotry and biases, and they become very upset when anything from the outside disrupts those delusions.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (ycI94)
NASA's Youtube feed will carry the splashdown as well, and I think their coverage has started now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (w6EFb)
Konstantin Kisin cut straight through the net zero illusion on Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO.
I watched that episode a few weeks ago when it came out.
Kisin really cuts to the obvious heart of it all.
The EUies have done nothing to stop 'climate change' and have merely exported all the dirty industries while importing all the dirty third world.
If they all weren't so arrogantly stubborn & blind about their situation they'd have reversed course a decade ago.
As is, they are heading for a very rough mid-21st Century where Europe stands to be reshaped again along the lines of the end of the Word Wars, or the Congress of Vienna before that.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (6ydKt)
You could just say the images were all faked that you could not explain away on a flat earth.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (8avO+)
Dunno, other than Greenland which may just be a goof, there's not a lot of interest in conquest of countries with boots on the ground anymore.
Technology has the potential of dictating culture going forward, which may bring bad and good.
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (Y8DZL)
They have one shot to make it home safe. Hope it all works as planned.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Mister Scott
I keep reading this. Why, for goodness sakes, would they even want it?
Posted by: MkY at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (q6tQZ)
Clarkson has been talking about this... he seems surprised....
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:41 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:38 PM
*** Except for the retarded Leftist academic ideas in both places, and the horde of parasitic immigrants with no desire to assimilate.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 10, 2026 06:41 PM (HlyYF)
I guess insect farms don't need much land.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 06:42 PM (V4IXI)
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What? Denmark lost in WWII in about 18 hours. They never did crap for us but sell us some property.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:42 PM (8avO+)
Most Americans have no idea how furious with America Europe is.
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Oh, we have an idea. We just don't care.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:42 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Mister Scott
I keep reading this. Why, for goodness sakes, would they even want it?
Posted by: MkY at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (q6tQZ)
Discount chocolate croissants, very nice.
Posted by: Vlad P. at April 10, 2026 06:42 PM (9vFyc)
It's either a big balloon, or the whole launch was CGI green screen stuff. It can't be both at the same time, but they will alternatively use both explanations.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 06:42 PM (w6EFb)
But I've never been to Spain...
(Ok, I actually have, but couldn't resist)
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:43 PM (XuXeR)
The Dutch government wants farmers to stop farming. They intend to accomplish this by force.
The Dutch government says this is to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases such as methane and oxides of nitrogen. This is a flimsy, ridiculous lie. The purpose is to stop food production. I suspect that this is not just about controlling the native population; ultimately the intention is to exterminate them.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 10, 2026 06:43 PM (QOQ9u)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:43 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:43 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:44 PM (XuXeR)
America: No.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious
Trump, our Rohrschach.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:44 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (yAteE)
Youtube has good coverage going on now about the splashdown.
I'm praying everything goes smoothly.
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (3ek7K)
I, personally, think Canada is planning to become a "non-official" participant in the European Uinion. They've been lining up their legal system, green policies etc. to match the EU's which would be a prerequisite.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Oldcat
They sent troops Iraq and Afghanistan.
Denmark suffered 44 military deaths in Afghanistan and 8 in Iraq during its involvement in the U.S.-led operations.
Posted by: Military Moron at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (ycI94)
No need to exterminate if they've never been born.
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (2GVsD)
They sound like typical Europeans and Retarded Leftists but I repeat myself.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (V4IXI)
The Danish population got almost the entire Jewish part of their country safely to Sweden in WWII.
And some Danes were in IQ and AF.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (u82oZ)
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Only a 24 month wait time to get that lump in your abdomen looked at!
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM (0N4FZ)
Even Poland's military could not hold a continuous front over its land border with Russia. They may not be a complete joke but they aren't ready for big boys war either.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (8avO+)
A world without the Euros insisting a nickel out of my every dollar must fund them scolding me ? I got the NorthEast and WestCoast lined up for that job.
Seriously. Fuck Europe. Two wars and a century has been enough. The Atlantic isn't wide enough. But it will have to do.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (KVa9+)
The only question about the Dem ousting of Swalwell is: which particular Dem candidate's benefit is it being done for?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (XuXeR)
They no more desire France than do we.
Posted by: MkY at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (q6tQZ)
Only a 24 month wait time to get that lump in your abdomen looked at!
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (qBdHI)
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Can we interest you in MAID?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (RIvkX)
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hahah
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (GD0B3)
Or Canada!!
Elbows up is so less intimidating when President Trump is elbows deep.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:43 P
That is actually pretty smart.
I also may need to start a UK "rent a geezer" business, for when the government revenuers start poking around, and the family can pretend the rental is the "still alive" patriarch.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (HlyYF)
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I seem to recall speculation a year into the Ukraine war that Putin's doing the same, if less well. If the foreseeable future is population (and therefore economic) collapse, get as many of the people you can work with inside your borders and get your borders where you can keep the next tribes over, out.
Posted by: Methos at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:47 PM (2GVsD)
Poland is pretty much the only thing holding back putin from just driving into europe and taking over. They have an actual no kidding military.
Posted by: Mister Scott
I keep reading this. Why, for goodness sakes, would they even want it?
Posted by: MkY
The French Riviera
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 06:47 PM (Cqx++)
Most Americans have no idea how furious with America Europe is.
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Oh, we have an idea. We just don't care.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seven
Savage, but true. Americans can afford to ignore Europe. They can't afford to ignore us.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 10, 2026 06:47 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Oldcat
They sent troops Iraq and Afghanistan.
Denmark suffered 44 military deaths in Afghanistan and 8 in Iraq during its involvement in the U.S.-led operations.
Posted by: Military Moron at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (ycI94)
44 in 20 years? That's traffic accident numbers.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:47 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Military Moron at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (ycI94)
They were part of the Dutch euthanasia program .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 06:47 PM (V4IXI)
Poland's Armed Forces can concur Germany in less than a week. Occupying it is another story.
Their OOB is formidable.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:48 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Around 2000 I worked with a bunch or Euro expats in CA. Kyoto was being argued over so I researched it. The Dutchie was the absolute worst -- a real arrogant and ignorant asshole.
It was very obvious at the time that Kyoto was all about exporting the waste. They acknowledged that it was a scam, but justified it as "a gesture." (It was really a plan to hobble USA)
The real scam was that China et al are much less *energy efficient* than the West. So to make 1 ton of steel in those places requires more energy. By exporting it, they are increasing consumption. Plus the shipping, plus the environmental harm, plus the worker injuries and it is really diabolical.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 06:48 PM (K56Oe)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM
We are two continuous democrat administrations with control of both houses of congress from becoming a complete and total socialist "paradise".
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 06:48 PM (0N4FZ)
I'm very aware of 20th century history... "bled for us"?
That's pathetic
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:48 PM (XuXeR)
Denmark suffered 44 military deaths in Afghanistan and 8 in Iraq during its involvement in the U.S.-led operations.
Posted by: Military Moron at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (ycI94)
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Combat deaths?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:48 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 10, 2026 06:49 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Military Moron at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (ycI94)
They were part of the Dutch euthanasia program .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
Pthhh. Amateurs.
Posted by: Canada at April 10, 2026 06:49 PM (ycI94)
Report out that Hunter has fled to South Africa to skip out on 17+ million dollar indebtedness.
Posted by: Auspex
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Fortunately, he saved his money.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 10, 2026 06:49 PM (QOQ9u)
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I seem to recall speculation a year into the Ukraine war that Putin's doing the same, if less well. If the foreseeable future is population (and therefore economic) collapse, get as many of the people you can work with inside your borders and get your borders where you can keep the next tribes over, out.
Posted by: Methos at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (vSvIl)
He knows he can't trust EU and Ukraine to not massacre the ethnic Russians there, so he will take the lands they live in for sure. Beyond that, not sure how much he cares about.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:49 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (KVa9+)
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THREE WARS.
Everyone forgets the Cold War. While not as much blood more American treasure with the same result, COMMUNISM REIGNS SUPREME IN EUROPE.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 06:49 PM (xvV+O)
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Well, they're right about that. See BS NOW and CNN for example.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:49 PM (ndZc7)
Their OOB is formidable.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Because Poland has a memory. So does Russia.
Posted by: MkY at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Chief Wild Eagle at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (wVcYX)
He ain't very smart.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (2GVsD)
They vote but they get the same thing from every party and even if a party comes along saying they will give the people what they want, they make that party illegal.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (UjdFS)
There is a Saturn V at the Manned Space Flight center in Houston. I can promise you that is not a balloon. Outside the Saturn V building they have a Redstone like the one that flew Alan Shepard on the first sub orbital Mercury flight. It looks like a child's toy compared to the Saturn V.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)
Germany actually said they couldn't conscript for the military. They'd invariably get too many head choppers who would immediately train their weapons on the real Germans.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (cxFcK)
Denmark suffered 44 military deaths in Afghanistan and 8 in Iraq during its involvement in the U.S.-led operations.
Posted by: Military Moron at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (ycI94)
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Combat deaths?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Dunno. I saw Danes in Iraq, and what I quoted was just the Google summary. I also worked with a lot of Danes in Kosovo, but that was more of a tax-free holiday than an actual deployment.
Posted by: Military Moron at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (ycI94)
Kthnxbi.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (DwqWV)
Poland's Armed Forces can concur Germany in less than a week. Occupying it is another story.
Their OOB is formidable.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:48 PM (u82oZ)
yeah, but why would they want Germany either? They are trying to keep Muslims out.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (8avO+)
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@RichardGrenell
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It’s over for Swalwell.
He’s officially done.
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California Teachers Association
@WeAreCTA
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1h
The allegations are incredibly disturbing and unacceptable against Rep. Swalwell. We are immediately suspending our support. Our elected board will be meeting as soon as possible to follow our union’s democratic process to determine next steps.
Posted by: beckster at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (ycI94)
Projection ain't just a river in Egypt.
Posted by: Millions of gallons of irony, not a drop on them at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (TbWk/)
Don’t fill it with internet purchases and returns
They will never pay you back, they cost you
Find Jesus, He’s already paid for everything
And He won’t return you. Ever.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (uBmFs)
My money is on the female astronaut to be the first to sprint for the head as soon as they're on board the USS John P. Murtha.
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (UjdFS)
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Never get between a woman and the bathroom.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (tgvbd)
"I am pleased to announce that TODAY my Administration officially filed the presentation and plans to the highly respected Commission of Fine Arts for what will be the GREATEST and MOST BEAUTIFUL Triumphal Arch, anywhere in the World. This will be a wonderful addition to the Washington D.C. area for all Americans to enjoy for many decades to come! President DONALD J. TRUMP."
My only complaint is , looking at the rendering, it is not tall enough and does not have bas-relief of American victories.
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (2GVsD)
I love the space stuff. I'm so excited to see splashdown and the astronauts exiting the capsule.
I'm a nerd, lol.
Praying a lot.
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 06:52 PM (3ek7K)
Pretty much. We all sure as hell aren't holding hands singing "I'd like to teach the world to sing"
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:52 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:53 PM (2GVsD)
America has always been a fortress. And anyone is welcome inside. But just because I invite you in, doesn't make you the boss. The EU never figured that out - we agreed to protect them, and they agreed they get to tell us what to do. The terms of our agreement are simply no longer unacceptable.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 10, 2026 06:53 PM (vOtXJ)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 10, 2026 06:49 PM (Q/FnY)
You don't hit the re-entry window right and the heat shield won't help...or you skip back out into space entirely. Both are not good.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:53 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 06:53 PM (V4IXI)
For Orion, they're using a skip reentry profile. It sort of "bounces" off the atmosphere a bit, bleeding off speed, before plunging back down in a steeper path.
The Artemis I skip was greater, and that was part of the problem of not heating fast enough. This will still be a skip, but less of "bounce" on the first interface. Or something.
Peak g will be at 4g. That's one of the advantages of a skip profile -- it can reduce reentry g-forces.
The Mercury astronauts pulled ungodly g's briefly, 11g+ during reentry. Apollo was less peak, but was still 6 - 7 g.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 06:54 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: beckster
And the the Left and media (but I repeat myself) would have totally covered for him if it didn't mean Republican candidates might end up winning the jungle primary. Have to help one Dem make it to the end, though, so...Swalwell gets sacrificed.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 10, 2026 06:54 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 06:54 PM (uBmFs)
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 10, 2026 06:45 PM (qBdHI)
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Can we interest you in MAID?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Go with MAID and we'll send you home this afternoon! We'll, not "home" exactly.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:54 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Methos at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (vSvIl)
Trump and his crew have seen the writing on the wall in the same way the Russians and Chinese have, just nobody wanted to admit it on our side.
The world is transitioning from the sole superpower U.S., to a multi-polar world of hegemonic states and their spheres of influence.
The U.S. is, obviously, walling off the entire Western Hemisphere the best it can, the Dunroe Doctrine is the first obvious proof of this.
Russia is shoring up its borders to the west, and building buffer zones between itself and Europe so that they can continue to maintain control of half of Asia as they do now.
The Chinese are trying to do the same in Southeast Asia and extending as much control over Sub-Saharan Africa for resources.
It's going to be like pre-WWI again globally in the next few decades, only with slightly different players.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 06:54 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Ann at April 10, 2026 06:54 PM (w9jrX)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 06:54 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 06:55 PM (UjdFS)
The Apollo heat shield was designed to ablate and shed heat. The Shuttle uses very fragile ceramic tiles for most of the heat shield.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:55 PM (2GVsD)
Well at least it isn't the Harvey Milk
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (2GVsD)
Can't keep a full crew, it just keeps devouring all the seamen.
Posted by: It's still gay when underway at April 10, 2026 06:55 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)
Germany actually said they couldn't conscript for the military. They'd invariably get too many head choppers who would immediately train their weapons on the real Germans.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (cxFcK)
That issue has been solved over and over throughout history by empires employing troops from all over their empire. Nobody has found it that difficult to manage.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:55 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:56 PM (ndZc7)
A new generation is beginning to understand they are hapless. Idle social media influencers not prepared for foreign aggression.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 06:56 PM (Fbc0I)
The Googles comes up with a variety of numbers.
Interesting
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:56 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Good summary.
Posted by: MkY at April 10, 2026 06:56 PM (q6tQZ)
I no longer care about Europe.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (CyzaQ)
The only thing about Europe that I care about is that they own and are custodians of most of the great art works in human history.
Which means that if the Eurofags don't voluntarily move them to the US within the next generation, it's all going to be thrown in a wood chipper and burned by the mohammedans when they take over the rest of Europe.
No one with any sense is going to trust that the Euros will defend these priceless art works
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 06:57 PM (JoTi8)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 06:57 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:57 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 06:54 PM (uBmFs)
How large was that corps? Like, Marine Corps corps? Or varsity band corps?
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM (8avO+)
Aleric laughs and laughs.
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM (XuXeR)
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America did this too, with textiles and steel, a long time ago. I grew up in upstate SC. In my childhood there were a couple dozen 24/7 mills within a 15-mile radius employing hundreds of people each and providing glorious sunsets on a daily basis.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM (NYInA)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM (pDt9x)
The Orion heat shield is ablative. The Shuttle tiles, a tricky mess (damage to which doomed Columbia), are not.
An ablative shield burns away to carry away the heat. It's a one-shot use. The idea of the tiles was to be reusable.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM (Ia/+0)
@WeAreCTA
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1h
The allegations are incredibly disturbing and unacceptable against Rep. Swalwell. We are immediately suspending our support. Our elected board will be meeting as soon as possible to follow our union’s democratic process to determine next steps.
Posted by: beckster at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM
They really want him to drop out and I don't understand why unless there is more bad news for him coming.
He is consistently polling better than the other democrats in the race. Granted he is behind the two republicans running, but he is leading the democrat pack among likely voters. Even if he drops out the democrat vote is still going to be spread out between five other candidates.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM (0N4FZ)
Europe ? Fuck them. No treats.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 06:59 PM (KVa9+)
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This will be the riskiest part of the mission: reentry. The heat shield on the Orion capsule had to unexpected charring and cracking. NASA modified the reentry profile to compensate. Let's hope they got it right.
That whole heat shield problem was a convoluted thing and I don't know if I completely understood it or not. While it sounds crazy, the problem, they said, was the first reentry profile wasn't quite hot enough. The heat shield didn't heat up as fast, and that caused the problem somehow.
So, the solution was to have this Artemis II capsule come in a little bit steeper and hotter to heat up fast enough. I know that's sounds crazy, but that's how I understood.
Finally, they made some design changes, and that new improved heat shield will be used for future missions.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 06:39 PM
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Maybe the issue is specific to ablative heat shields. The shield material gives off a layer of protective gas as it chars. Perhaps the scheme requires sufficient heating to cook off a good gas layer.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 10, 2026 06:59 PM (YWeo8)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at April 10, 2026 06:59 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: davidt at April 10, 2026 06:59 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 06:59 PM (N8ZBc)
100 .... something, IIRC
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:59 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Lady in Black
.......
It's not a tumah.
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 06:59 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Oldcat
Just an individual. Like Navy Corpsemen.
Posted by: Barack Obama at April 10, 2026 06:59 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 07:00 PM (3ek7K)
We need to stuff some common sense into Canadian leadership like John Holmes into Pia Zadora.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 07:00 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2026 07:00 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Eromero at April 10, 2026 07:00 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 07:01 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 06:54 PM (uBmFs)
How large was that corps? Like, Marine Corps corps? Or varsity band corps?
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:58 PM
They are more like a company than a corp as they only have 150 guys.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 07:01 PM (0N4FZ)
hahah!!
I think Trump wants Cucker indtitutionalised (not a bad idea...)
"Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Paul Dans has just dropped out of the South Carolina Senatorial Race against the Great Lindsey Graham. It all started to fall apart for Paul when a very Low IQ individual named Tucker Carlson ENDORSED him — THE KISS OF DEATH! Lindsey has a BIG lead, and is on his way to a spectacular VICTORY because he just, GETS THINGS DONE! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 07:01 PM (GD0B3)
Here's some discussion on this NASA page:
https://is.gd/KREnHt
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:01 PM (w6EFb)
They vote but they get the same thing from every party and even if a party comes along saying they will give the people what they want, they make that party illegal.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (XV/Pl)
Germany has an especially dopey voting mechanic. I've heard every year or so about the collapse of some major party here or there for 10 years, but they just form up some new alphabet party and have virtually identical drones running things.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:01 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (n1OCj)
My money is on the female astronaut to be the first to sprint for the head as soon as they're on board the USS John P. Murtha.
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (UjdFS)
___________
Never get between a woman and the bathroom.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (tgvbd)
Well, it's not like they could just pull over and piss in the woods.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (DwqWV)
They've lost their will in the Nanny state.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (Ia/+0)
He ain't very smart.
Posted by: Anna Puma
I'm guessing no extradition treaty.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (cxFcK)
US: going to the Moon!
Europe: going to Hell.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
We've been there before.
So have they.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (Ia/+0)
Flat is a good micro-estimation...it works for building your home and using a level. Flat is NOT a good estimation for the macro.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (ynpvh)
Small contingent of good men. Recon, etc.. great long range shooters.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (uBmFs)
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President
The Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville has entered the chat. Our Saturn V is under glass.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (Q/FnY)
We need to stuff some common sense into Canadian leadership like John Holmes into Pia Zadora.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 07:00 PM (u82oZ)
I think we are shaking up the parts of Canada we would find useful. The rest can wither on the vine for a while.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (gKWVE)
Trump to Chicoms: you want to play around with rare earth minerals and ship narco precursors to Mexico and Central America whose goal is to starve the US economy and destabilize US society? How is your oil supply chain, stable and abundant - nah, bro the USA controls its; learn to coal, asshoes. Plus the Chicom client states MaduroLand and MullahLand are toast. And for extra credit the Chicom military gear has been exposed to be crap. Bro, we own you not the other way around.
The Chicom century just evaporated.
Europe is the side show - dead weight to drop and Trump is well on his way to making that happen.
All this is what MAGA is really about. That is the audacity of Donald Trump.
Dems and Media: Epstein.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (glnUu)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:31 PM (ndZc7)
Well, the muzz will bang the white children.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (utfVc)
He ain't very smart.
Posted by: Anna Puma
I'm guessing no extradition treaty.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (cxFcK)
I'm guessing the wife has some money stashed somewhere there.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (DwqWV)
Best advice I ever got was, "Don't argue with assholes who insist on being ignorant as well"
actually, the best advice I ever got was, "If she shivers and straightens up when she lets you kiss her on the nape of the neck your odds have just gone up" but that is fairly limited in usefulness.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (rbvCR)
NASA coverage is discussing the heat shield issue right now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:31 PM (ndZc7)
Well, the muzz will bang the white children.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (utfVc)
It's part of the kink for the Euroweenies.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (Ia/+0)
I love my Weatherbug app. I can rotate the earth with a flip of my finger, turn it vertically or horitontally.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (pDt9x)
👉Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson
🚨BREAKING: Democrat Candidate for California Governor Eric Swalwell is facing allegations from a former staffer that he sexually assaulted her twice when she was too intoxicated to consent, according to reporting by the San Francisco Chronicle.
Top staffers have already begun to leave the campaign as a result, including key surrogate Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who has also called on Swalwell to drop out of the race.
Swalwell has sent the former staffer a cease and desist letter.
6:10 PM · Apr 10, 2026
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (NFX2v)
Small contingent of good men. Recon, etc.. great long range shooters.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (uBmFs)
Buy them out and make them our Greenland Guards. Jaegers often were mountain troops. Denmark doesn't have any.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (8avO+)
It was just yesterday that I saw on X:
"If Swalwell did all this, where are the accusers?"
Posted by: The ARC of History!
Here! Here! I can't give a specific date or time, but he rogered me VIGOROUSLY in the Macy's dressing room. He man-handled me, slamming me into the wall and making me HIS, taking me viciously over and over again until I was spent. It was quite...traumatic, yes. (Sigh)
Posted by: E. Jean Carroll at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (ycI94)
We need to stuff some common sense into Canadian leadership like John Holmes into Pia Zadora.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 07:00 PM (u82oZ)
Once the US civil war breaks out and you deal with ypur leftists, just keep coming north.
I believe pierre trudeau liked to think of himself as a citizen of the world. So aren't we all....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (GD0B3)
He ain't very smart.
Posted by: Anna Puma
I'm guessing no extradition treaty.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 10, 2026 07:02 PM (cxFcK)
I'm guessing the wife has some money stashed somewhere there.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 07:04 PM (DwqWV)
Well, black is no yellow...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 10, 2026 07:05 PM (ynpvh)
My money is on the female astronaut to be the first to sprint for the head as soon as they're on board the USS John P. Murtha.
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 06:50 PM (UjdFS)
Ugh. Imagine having to serve on a ship named after that self-important cockfag.
At least if you were on the USS Jimmy Carter, you'd get a cute nickname in "USS Peanut"
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 07:05 PM (JoTi8)
And why?
How stupid do you have to be?
Sorry, I forget, Biden. That stupid.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 07:05 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:05 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2026 06:34 PM (yAteE)
Henceforth, all tulips will be LED-powered.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 07:05 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 07:05 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2026 07:05 PM (q177U)
There have been three catastrophic accidents in the entire space program history.
And two of them are Russian.
So let’s not be sending any bad vibes, mmkay.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2026 07:06 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (gKWVE)
Well in theory if Swalwell's fraction is eaten up by one guy he might pass one of the GOPers.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:06 PM (8avO+)
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We're on a similar trajectory. It's being fought. But IMO not nearly enough. Rough words, but a lot of killing is probably going to be necessary.
A lot.
It's pretty certain the left will do this if given half a chance. I'd rather not give them the chance.
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 07:07 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:07 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 07:07 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at April 10, 2026 07:07 PM (glnUu)
Carney is Xi's girlfriend now and doesn't want Donald coming around anymore.
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2026 07:08 PM (Y8DZL)
They have to do this direct entry. To slow down enough to enter earth orbit, they'd have to use a shit ton of fuel, the amount of fuel necessary to do TLI out of earth orbit.
Our thick atmosphere does the job of bleeding off all that energy the rocket gave them. Were it not for that, you'd need as much fuel to slow back down as you did getting to the Moon. Which return fuel would then greatly increase the fuel and mass require for launch.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:08 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:38 PM (tgvbd)
Eva Vlaardingerbroek is European.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:08 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM
swawell is the top performing democrat and the only democrat that currently has any chance of breaking into one of the top two spots before the primary vote in June.
There are 5 other democrats on the ballot and they are all polling way worse than swawell. It makes no sense to try and knock him out unless they know there is other stuff about to come out.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 07:09 PM (0N4FZ)
Every other fuckup, Soviet or American (probably also Chinese), pales in comparison to Nedelin. It's like Nedelin >>>>>> Columbia > Challenger >>> Apollo 1.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:09 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Hidden Figures at April 10, 2026 07:09 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:07 PM (2GVsD
And only 70 says until Obama's library opens!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (GD0B3)
The Murtha Legacy. Much like the Obama Legacy. Or the McCain legacy.
We need to stop pretending these Heroes were Heroic. They were grifters and thieves exploiting the taxpayer and what did the taxpayer get in return?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (Fbc0I)
The EUies have done nothing to stop 'climate change' and have merely exported all the dirty industries while importing all the dirty third world.
If they all weren't so arrogantly stubborn & blind about their situation they'd have reversed course a decade ago.
As is, they are heading for a very rough mid-21st Century where Europe stands to be reshaped again along the lines of the end of the Word Wars, or the Congress of Vienna before that.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (6ydKt)
Should be putting that "dirty" in scare quotes. CO2 is not a pollutant, and the Earth needs all we can make.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (utfVc)
What if Putin has no interest in taking over Russia?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (N8ZBc)
The Artemis 1 had multiple heat shield burns. The Ablative material is not a good heat conductor - it is an insulator. The multiple heating events on Artemis 1 did not allow the heat shield to cool off between burns. The result is that the thermal stress was deeper than expected and that caused the heat shield to flake and burn. The single reentry burn on this mission ought to keep the damage only of the surface - where it belongs.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 10, 2026 07:11 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:11 PM (ExV1e)
Every other fuckup, Soviet or American (probably also Chinese), pales in comparison to Nedelin. It's like Nedelin >>>>>> Columbia > Challenger >>> Apollo 1.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:09 PM (gKWVE)
I've read long ago that there might have been some other accidents in Russia's program they never publicized - a craft in orbit that never got down and the crew suffocated.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:11 PM (8avO+)
California will still have a state legislature of Cuban communist revolutionaries.
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2026 07:11 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:12 PM (N8ZBc)
Shall we encourage economic growth or government control? Shall we choose our own culture or a new imported one? Shall we pay for our defense, or more "free" things for everyone? Shall we embrace faith or cynicism and spite? Shall we choose the future, or the 1960s? Shall we choose virtue or perversion?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 07:12 PM (El6/E)
I'm sure you all know the Artemis II crew are coming home today. Here's where you can watch it.
NASA - Artemis II - Orion - Flight Day 10
Eight Minutes of Terror - Space Affairs Live
Date: April 10, 2026
Time: 8:07 p.m. PDT (April 11, 0307 UTC, 05:07 CEST)
https://youtu.be/UHP2VUQmzXo
Live coverage has already started.
Posted by: Joyenz at April 10, 2026 07:12 PM (2F0/Y)
There have been three catastrophic accidents in the entire space program history.
And two of them are Russian.
So let’s not be sending any bad vibes, mmkay.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2026 07:06 PM (XV/Pl)
Five. The two Russian incidents, Columbia, Challenger, Apollo 1 (you could argue this one, since they never flew as it was a ground test)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 07:12 PM (JoTi8)
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Amen
Posted by: MkY at April 10, 2026 07:12 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: davidt at April 10, 2026 07:12 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 06:43 PM (u82oZ)
A bug in the management software.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (GD0B3)
NBC News,
Hunter Biden challenges Trump's oldest sons to fight in a cage match
Former President Joe Biden's son said he's "100% in" for a
a fight against Trump's sons. They have yet to respond.
Sky News Australia
Hunter Biden is crying poor again over legal debts as the troubled former first son announces a tour with a popular YouTuber, during which he wants to cage-fight Donald Trump's sons. They have yet to respond.
BTW, the latest wife's adopted parents reside in South Africa, hence fleeing there.
Remember this Democratic word/phrase: Decency. The country needed the Potato for Decency, to reflect America's very best around the world.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Big Mike, Hung Like A Donkey at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (onPc6)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (gKWVE)
I guess these people are unaware that the US is NATO.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Oldcat
Katie Porter. The goal is to get Katie Porter into the top two, and then elected governor by default.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:11 PM (8avO+)
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Yes, there are also stories that ham radio enthusiasts would go frequency hopping and hear distressed Russian voices. Lots of stuff was buried.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (ZOv7s)
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IIRC there was, at one time, during the early days of our spaceflight, the idea that you could doing a series of "dips" into the atmosphere to slow down, but not re-enter. I don't think the spacecraft design for that was a "capsule" but more of a "space plane" that had some additional controls.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 10, 2026 07:03 PM (+89TD)
Someone referred to the IRGC as being a hedge fund with a military, death squads and foreign special circumstances units.
They had been sidestepping the international embargoes by running money through Lloyd's Bank and Banco Santander UK to launder them.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (Sco7b)
Putin does not want to take over Europe, and you can tell that nobody in Europe thinks he does. If they were genuinely afraid of Russia, they would build up their military, make nice with America, and strengthen their alliances. They are doing exactly the opposite.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (El6/E)
Russia is trying to create a fortress, but one based on being Europe's supplier of energy and food. Ukraine is important for that.
China is much more vulnerable and the first island chain is the least of their problems. They have a rough road to creating a secure "empire" but their main strategy is through technology and manufacturing dependence.
The USA has it all -- resources, food, energy, technology, ... but we have been slacking on the manufacturing and it is way past time to turn around the trade deficit.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (K56Oe)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (OoFl2)
I guess these people are unaware that the US is NATO.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (ExV1e)
Who is the other one, just for laughs.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:11 PM (ExV1e)
So, is the correction that you have been drinking? Or Europe has been drinking?
I'm terribly confused, but then, I've been drinking...
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (DwqWV)
Space herpes. Gotta be careful
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (El6/E)
I guess these people are unaware that the US is NATO.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (ExV1e)
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What do they mean "Article 5 hard"? Like very loudly invoke it and expect other countries to bail them out? Or do zhe mean zhey will go up there, pick of a rifle and hold a foxhole? Funny, I don't think it involves the latter because that would require leaving the basement.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:15 PM (ZOv7s)
LEO reentry speed is just ~17K mph. Return from the Moon is 24K+ mph. Artemis II here will be slightly over 25K mph, and was expected to break Apollo 10's record for manned speed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 10, 2026 07:15 PM (w6EFb)
Why didn't the first stage ignite? Dither. Dither. Dither. Clock ticking. Send out the techs. Second stage timer runs down and ignites, KA-BOOM.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:15 PM (2GVsD)
Russia is trying to create a fortress, but one based on being Europe's supplier of energy and food. Ukraine is important for that.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (K56Oe)
I don't know that Russia even wants to be EU's food and fuel supplier all that much. They can ship that stuff to India and China too, or are working on it.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:16 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (Sco7b)
Pretty sure that went away decades ago. They really didn't know what might crop up in space back then. Pretty sure we know they won't come back with some kind of space parasite.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 07:16 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 07:16 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 07:16 PM (WONhk)
Hunter Biden said he was open to a cage match against Donald Trump's sons Eric and Donald Jr, after left-wing social media commentator Andrew Callaghan reportedly reached out to organize the fight as part of a Channel 5 Carnival tour.
(Even if the cage match doesn't happen, Hunter says he still coming.)
Decency.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 10, 2026 07:17 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:17 PM (2GVsD)
Paul Dans has just dropped out of the South Carolina Senatorial Race against the Great Lindsey Graham. It all started to fall apart for Paul when a very Low IQ individual named Tucker Carlson ENDORSED him — THE KISS OF DEATH! Lindsey has a BIG lead, and is on his way to a spectacular VICTORY because he just, GETS THINGS DONE! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
==
Shaking my daggone head violently....
No, Mr. President. No, no, no. There is nothing a great about that RINO swine, Lindsay Graham. There is another challenger who probably has little chance, but I'm voting for Mark Lynch in the primary.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 10, 2026 07:17 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 07:17 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Joyenz at April 10, 2026 07:17 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 07:16
Thanks. I kind of thought so. It's not like they were outside exploring.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:17 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Thomas Bende
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Not really. It is still the riskiest phase.
And the big challenge is immediate reuse without having to replace tiles. Also robustness so that it can survive single point failures which you kind of expect to happen with enough flights.
This is what Starship is working on, and I don't think they are there yet.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (K56Oe)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (Sco7b)
Pretty sure that went away decades ago. They really didn't know what might crop up in space back then. Pretty sure we know they won't come back with some kind of space parasite.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 07:16 PM (DwqWV)
It never existed for orbital missions. It was just for things where they brought alien dirt back from the Lunar surface.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (utfVc)
I agree, of course.
We're talking elite Europeans here, though.
When they think dirty, they think icky, messy, you have to wash your hands clean and take a shower afterwards dirty.
That's half their problem over there.
Western Europe is so thoroughly urbanized that the majority of their people have no problem getting rid of all of the dirty not realizing due to complete ignorance and inexperience that it's all of that dirty keeping them alive and comfortable.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Heroq at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (z0fc5)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (K56Oe)
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Trump has them by the throat. The tariffs are emptying out their factories and China does not have the domestic demand to keep the economy afloat. There are now 40+ homeless roaming around, and it's only going to get worse.
They have managed to range themselves against the US, Japan and Taiwan, whose combined industrial might and technology combined with strategic position can strangle the CCP.
Oh, and because everything Trump does is calculated for effect the whole "straits open/straits shut" b.s. is showing China what's going to happen to their food imports if they try anything against Taiwan.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (2GVsD)
"Insider Wire
@InsiderWire
5h
#BREAKING: NYC Mayor Mamdani says the city is “worse than broke,” facing a deficit; he’ll cut housing vouchers, library funding, and other plans..."
Socialism is working as expected
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (ExV1e)
Well they think it is the North American Treaty Organization so....
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (V4IXI)
What if Putin has no interest in taking over [Europe]?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (ExV1e)
Poland (and the few countries like them) would serve as an excellent buffer to keep the muslims of western europe out of Russia, at least for a while.
Posted by: Methos at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (vSvIl)
Yeah. I even put in a good word for Tomoyuki Yamashita in Manila in an earlier thread. He knew he was losing the city and ordered a retreat.
Unfortunately not everybody obeys those orders. I hope Sanji Iwabuchi is getting the afterlife he earned.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:19 PM (gKWVE)
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He heard Tonya Harding made some bucks going into the ring when she was short on cash.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 10, 2026 07:19 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:17 PM (2GVsD)
They do have 300 billion dollars of Russia's money, but he will probably get that back through lawfare.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:20 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Oldcat
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Yes, now. I was talking about at the start of the war.
I think they still see Europe as a big potential market when things get straightened out. Would be a shame after they spent so many years convincing the Euros not to frack or use GMO.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 07:20 PM (K56Oe)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (ExV1e)
I am told that all the skills the Russian army has learned in Ukraine will make them unstoppable in Europe, in spite of the fact that the Ukrainians are fighting mostly with European weapons and tactics.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 07:20 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 07:20 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Heroq at April 10, 2026 07:20 PM (z0fc5)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:16 PM (8avO+)
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No, they want Europe at their feet. India is too strategically distant, same with China. The Muscovite core is what Russia is obsessed with protecting. A broken, bleeding China suits them just fine.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:21 PM (ZOv7s)
It was just yesterday that I saw on X:
"If Swalwell did all this, where are the accusers?"
Posted by: The ARC of History!
If there are no "beach friends" then it is not credible.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 07:21 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:21 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (2GVsD)
Were they all tested for COVID?
Posted by: Roy at April 10, 2026 07:22 PM (1Cncb)
Yeah! How do you like THAT, bitch? Take ALL of it... ohh yeah.
Posted by: Math at April 10, 2026 07:22 PM (gKWVE)
IIRC They bought 1000 South Korean K2 MBTs so I don't think they are dependent on Leopards.
Posted by: Will Robinson at April 10, 2026 07:22 PM (cO6oP)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:22 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 07:22 PM (K56Oe)
Looking from the outside in I define Graham as politically bi-polar. He has been the lead supporter of a lot of controversial and hard fought conservative policies. On the other hand.....
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 07:22 PM (V4IXI)
Alas for Russia. The burn rate in their forces is so strong there is a limited number of soldiers with experience left. The Officer ranks at the JO level are even worse. The Russian Army does not have a NCO core to make stuff work, and to learn from combat.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 07:23 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 07:23 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:16 PM (8avO+)
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No, they want Europe at their feet. India is too strategically distant, same with China. The Muscovite core is what Russia is obsessed with protecting. A broken, bleeding China suits them just fine.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:21 PM (ZOv7s)
Putin used to be 'pro Europe' relatively to the opposing factions before the war. The facts since has showed that those who wanted to concentrate in other directions had a good point. Hence his friendliness with India, and former plans to build transport links south overland.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:23 PM (8avO+)
Lol
Learn to give blowjobs for $20 under a bridge NYErs.
Posted by: Heroq at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (z0fc5)
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 07:20 PM (rbvCR)
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Russia wants to control the "near abroad," and they already went through national uprisings and know that they cannot win against those.
But having a neutral Europe dominated by Russian food and fuel imports would suit them just fine.
As plenty of seasoned US diplomats pointed out over many years, Russia could have been our allies if the toxic combo of the globalists and neocons hadn't decided to start taunting and spitting on them in the 1990s when they were down. Bipartisan stupidity, and so here we are.
Trump tried to calm things, but RUSSIAGATE blew that wide open, because the Clintons have never given a crap about who they destroyed so long as they made a buck or avoided jail. When they die, so much is going to come out...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 07:22 PM (V4IXI)
I have been through a lot...a lot of dick. Well, not dick but...never mind.
Posted by: Lindsey Graham, Closeted Homosexual at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (onPc6)
I don't see why they'd have to, but does the crew have to stay in quarantine for any reason?
Space herpes. Gotta be careful
Stand six feet away and wear a mask.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:22 P
I'd be more worried about the replicants that took over when communications were down.
I've seen documentaries.
Oh! I should watch 'Prometheus' again tonight!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (2GVsD)
No, but they did have to look into a distress signal they received from a vessel named Event Horizon, a spaceship that disappeared during its maiden voyage to Proxima Centauri seven years earlier. I'm sure it's nothing.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Artemis II Van at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (wVcYX)
Learn to give blowjobs for $20 under a bridge NYErs.
Posted by: Heroq at April 10, 2026 07:24 PM (z0fc5)
$20.
Same as in Jersey.
Posted by: Roy at April 10, 2026 07:25 PM (1Cncb)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 07:25 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (AkEZC)
the first one was the Sanger Antipodal Bomber that could go to the Pacific, refuel and go back to Berlin, though that was just a wild plan during WWII.
Atmospheric breaking is a real thing, though, and I think it was used by the Shuttle for scrubbing velocity.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 07:25 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Skip
Yes. A ship's reputation is important, and a poor reputation or name change takes good leadership to overcome with time.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 10, 2026 07:25 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (2GVsD)
No telling what was growing in the backed up toilet, though.
Better safe than sorry, I say.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 07:25 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Archer at April 10, 2026 07:26 PM (wvc0i)
I'll get over it!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 07:17 PM
You're always BOLD to us!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2026 07:26 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Avi at April 10, 2026 07:27 PM (ieodf)
Posted by: gp
.......
The femstronaut has gotta pee... bad.
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 07:27 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 07:10 PM (ExV1e)
I am told that all the skills the Russian army has learned in Ukraine will make them unstoppable in Europe, in spite of the fact that the Ukrainians are fighting mostly with European weapons and tactics.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 07:20 PM (rbvCR)
They are fighting a small unit infantry war due to the threats of drones and missiles. This suits them fine, as they can take towns one by one as Ukraine's offensive power is mostly spent.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 07:27 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 07:18 PM (2GVsD)
Weren't they out of contact for a while when they were behind the moon?
I'm sure that's plenty of time for some intrepid tentacled horror from beyond the stars to swap them out.
Posted by: Methos at April 10, 2026 07:27 PM (vSvIl)
There's going to be about 20 man-years of after-action review on that glitch. Top toilet engineers and techs, the best waste physicists and chemists.
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:27 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Avi at April 10, 2026 07:28 PM (ieodf)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (Sco7b)
Pretty sure that went away decades ago. They really didn't know what might crop up in space back then. Pretty sure we know they won't come back with some kind of space parasite.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 10, 2026 07:16 PM
There were tons of science fiction movies in the 50s and 60s about returning astronauts bringing back all sorts of infections from space.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 07:28 PM (0N4FZ)
NBC News,
Hunter Biden challenges Trump's oldest sons to fight in a cage match
Former President Joe Biden's son said he's "100% in" for a
a fight against Trump's sons. They have yet to respond.
Sky News Australia
Hunter Biden is crying poor again over legal debts as the troubled former first son announces a tour with a popular YouTuber, during which he wants to cage-fight Donald Trump's sons. They have yet to respond.
BTW, the latest wife's adopted parents reside in South Africa, hence fleeing there.
Remember this Democratic word/phrase: Decency. The country needed the Potato for Decency, to reflect America's very best around the world.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 10, 2026 07:13 PM (NFX2v)
They should accept the fight. Put it somewhere big in the states that he can't resist the publicity then have the IRS raid the locker room and drag him out in cuffs. Even if they don't convict him, I would still hang that picture on the wall.
Posted by: Nelly at April 10, 2026 07:28 PM (gZCIy)
How we usually killed em:
Electricity.
Fire.
Earthly microbes.
Plain old rain.
What rarely works:
Nukes.
Armor and small-arms.
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:31 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 10, 2026 07:32 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: gp at April 10, 2026 07:32 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 10, 2026 07:35 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 07:38 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: PabloD at April 10, 2026 07:43 PM (8sD0/)
#BREAKING: NYC Mayor Mamdani says the city is “worse than broke,” facing a deficit; he’ll cut housing vouchers, library funding, and other plans..."
Socialism is working as expected
Posted by: runner
Ah, the warmth of collectivism!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 10, 2026 07:52 PM (xG4kz)
What rarely works:
Nukes.
Armor and small-arms.
Posted by: gp
What never works:
m-RNA "vaccines"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 10, 2026 07:53 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 10, 2026 08:09 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 10, 2026 08:09 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: KT at April 10, 2026 08:19 PM (7vIsy)
X says Katie Porter is behind this whole thing.
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 07:14 PM (OoFl2)
$10 says she hit on him at a cocktail party and he shut her meaty face down hard, before walking off with some twink. I'm betting on revenge. She has a history of getting into really nasty breakups in her personal life, complete with restraining orders, court mandated anger management and seriously unrestrained bunny-boiler behavior.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 08:20 PM (JoTi8)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 10, 2026 09:07 PM (cWLG3)
"What never works: m-RNA "vaccines"
No. They did exactly what they were suppose to do.
Posted by: Distant Observer at April 10, 2026 09:44 PM (xCSxo)
The Week in Woke
Sad! Another storybook Hollywood marriage ends! Diff'rent Strokes actor Todd Bridges, who I imagine was on some terrible celebrity reality shows in the late nineties but hasn't worked since, is getting divorced from his photographer/designer wife of three and a half years
Bridges filed a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage (Divorce) Without Minor Children on Tuesday, according to Maricopa County Superior Court records in Arizona.No children? Really? This surprises me. City Journal: The Supreme Court has turned decisively against woke ideology on transgenderism. First: Gorsuch's woke betrayal, insisting that a transgender who wanted to LARP as a woman at a funeral home during funeral services for the dead could not be fired or demanded to dress as a man. The mourners, Gorsuch decided, would just have to stop being transphobes.
But since then, the Court has turned.
In Bostock v. Clayton County, the Supreme Court found that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation. Such an interpretation would have surprised anyone alive in the 1960s, when the federal government routinely fired employees even suspected of being gay. But this aspect of the ruling wasn't that controversial in 2020. Most Americans supported same-sex marriage and, outside of certain religious employers, few businesses had any reason to fire workers because of their sexual orientation. But Bostock included a companion case that led to a far more sweeping ruling. A Michigan funeral home employed a biological male who later experienced gender dysphoria and decided to "live and work full-time as a woman," including by wearing female attire. Concerned about how grieving families might react to a man dressed as a woman, the funeral home fired the employee. The Court's majority, in an opinion by Neil Gorsuch, held that federal civil rights law prohibits terminations based on gender identity. Mourners, in effect, would have to get with the times.
One year after having been #cancelled by the lunatic left for "denigrating the seriousness of domestic violence," Dax Sheppard and Kirsten Bell are still apologizing. Let's look at the horrible offense they committed:
The gender-identity aspect of Bostock immediately raised pressing legal questions. Did Title IX require schools to allow biological males to compete on female teams? Did the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause bar bans on "gender-affirming" surgeries for minors? Did the law require religious hospitals to remove healthy reproductive organs to facilitate gender transitions? In the wake of Bostock, the answer to these questions, and others, seemed to be yes. Society was expected to "affirm" gender identity, support adolescents seeking puberty blockers, and accommodate social transition. Parents faced pressure to accept their child's transition; public schools were said to have duties to adopt gender-identity curricula, manage student transitions, and permit biological males to compete in female sports. Those who resisted risked being labeled bigots. But then the "arc of the moral universe" began bending rightward. After Bostock, state legislatures across the country prohibited medical gender procedures for minors, even with parental consent. Sports fans objected to biologically male athletes like Lia Thomas winning against female athletes. Even some who accepted Bostock's sexual-orientation holding grew uneasy with its implications for gender identity. Perhaps the most effective political ad of the 2024 presidential election spoke to this issue: "Kamala is for they/them. President Trump is for you." On Inauguration Day, President Trump signed an executive order declaring, "It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female." Critics may have thought the order was mere symbolism, but Trump's policy reflected the position around which public opinion had coalesced--that asserting biological truth does not constitute bigotry. The Supreme Court soon adapted to this shift. Consider six rulings over the past year that all point in the same direction. United States v. Shilling allowed the Department of Defense to discharge transgender service members. United States v. Skrmetti held that states could prohibit medical gender treatments for minors. Mahmoud v. Taylor ruled that parents have a religious-liberty right to opt their children out of learning about "LGBTQ-inclusive books." Trump v. Orr allowed the State Department to print passports that list only a person's biological sex. Mirabelli v. Bonta found that schools cannot secretly transition students to another gender without telling their parents. Chiles v. Salazar held that Colorado could not prohibit therapists from counseling people to be comfortable with their biological sex. Finally, in a seventh, still-pending case, West Virginia v. B.P.J., the Court will likely rule that colleges can exclude biological males from female sports.
Dax Shepard is speaking out about that Kristen Bell anniversary post backlash. On the April 6 episode of his "Armchair Expert" podcast, the "Parenthood" star, 51, addressed the controversy surrounding Bell's Oct. 17 Instagram post celebrating their wedding anniversary. The "Good Place" actress, 45, wrote, "Happy 12th wedding anniversary to the man who, after [an] episode of 'Dateline,' once said to me: 'I would never kill you. A lot of men have killed their wives at a certain point. Even though I'm heavily incentivized to kill you, I never would.'" The post sparked outrage as some fans argued Bell was making light of domestic violence and that it was tone-deaf during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Speaking with his guest Nikki Glaser on "Armchair Expert," Shepard alluded to the situation when he dismissed "all these people that are convinced I'm beating Kristen," arguing those who were "outraged" about the post were people who have "never been in a relationship."Who doesn't have Domestic Violence Awareness Month marked on their calendars? Regarding these people never being in a relationship: Yes, they're all femcels who are bitterly jealous that other women have known the touch of a man. "Based Camp" examines the evidence that these gross and smelly women are actually "Spiteful Mutants" who are embittered for being excluded from the relationship market and are attempting to destroy society as vengeance. Simone explains that people who are "malformed" in some way, by choice, by birth, by psychology, or by self-mutilation, seek to undermine other people's ability to successfully mate. Here's a Guy With A British Accent talking about Spiteful Mutants as a mental maladapation which then produces a phyiscally-maladapted form (though I imagine the causation also goes the other way). Do you object to you children being raped by gangs of barbaric foreign invaders? Well, an Islamic professor has simple advice for you, Racist: "Get over it." This is their country now. You'll play by their rules.
[The College Fix:] The Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization at Georgetown University recently told social media users to "get over it" in response to concerns about a link between "rape gangs" and Islam. Professor Jonathan Brown dismissed concerns about the crisis in the United Kingdom in two now-deleted X posts, the Daily Caller reported. Rupert Lowe, an Independent Member of Parliament, wrote in a post on X, "There is a link between the rape gangs and one particular religion -- we have seen it again and again and again at our inquiry." "That religion is Islam. As a country, we must have the courage to face up to that fact," he wrote. Brown replied, "get over it." He then wrote the same phrase in response to another user who called his remark "absurdly evil."
Manufacturing white criminals: Depictions of criminality and violence on Law & Order
— John Rain (@johnthenoticer) April 6, 2026
"Results suggest whites are disproportionately portrayed as criminals five to eight times more often on police dramas compared to actual crime statistics for the city of New York, and exposure… pic.twitter.com/4eborfl0DP
This NYT article reports on wealthy, single women celebrating 40th birthdays as if they were destination weddings
— Alice Evans (@_alice_evans) April 6, 2026
This a good eg of how women can collectively glorify new ideals, reversing single-stigma.
Tho, I should add Black American women have been doing this for longer. pic.twitter.com/yclbNwudYR
Sarah Haider 👾Mickey Kaus used to say that there was a "hoary old rule" in journalism that you can write a "trend" piece if you had three examples of a thing happening. But in the internet age, clickbaity editors dropped that to two. And now we're down to One Single Incidence Makes a Trend. But I dunno. We have heard of women "marrying themselves" a dozen times in the past.
@SarahTheHaider Actually I'd say this article is a great example of how coverage distorts discourse--we endlessly ruminate over the significance of things that aren’t really happening. The piece is mostly about one woman, whose planned 40th began to look like a wedding, so she incorporated more elements to that effect.
This is hilarious @grok pic.twitter.com/wWL2nStJbO
— friend of grok (@execunexpected) April 8, 2026
The ad is not satire. It was falsely called satire after backlash. Yes the ad uses humor (person awkwardly interrupting couple) for Willerslev to express his views but they are stated as fact without critique. Satire critiques its subject, which the ad doesn't do: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/kultur/dr2-video-med-ekse-willerslev-gaar-verden-rundt-beskyldes-racisme-mod-hvide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jm2w6sGlNQ https://x.com/jonatanpallesen/status/2010966093817348398
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 05:12 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 10, 2026 05:14 PM (GoUc9)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 05:14 PM (0N4FZ)
He just pled guilty to CP in DC.
That would be a lot of time in club fed but it's possible he'll skate, because two tier justice. Colorado had a state Senator, Jaquez-Lewis, who pled guilty for altering records and she's now on probation. But G-d forgive any CO official who says the elections may have a problem, they go to state pen for nine years.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 05:16 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 05:18 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 10, 2026 05:18 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 05:19 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2026 05:19 PM (Y8DZL)
The only surprising part about this is that the story was in the NYT and not the New York Post. Its usually the Post that writes up some "hot new trend" that is only being done by one or two dipshits in New York and they claim its sweeping the nation./
Posted by: buzzion at April 10, 2026 05:20 PM (3tZV2)
@KFILE 21m
Politico is reporting that multiple people have abruptly resigned from Eric Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign: “Members of senior leadership have departed the campaign, including Courtni Pugh, a strategic adviser who served as Swalwell’s top liaison to organized labor groups.”
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 10, 2026 05:21 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Fenderbender at April 10, 2026 05:21 PM (1FEc1)
Posted by: fd - Would you like to buy a slightly used affirmation? at April 10, 2026 05:21 PM (vFG9F)
Politico is reporting that multiple people have abruptly resigned from Eric Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign: “Members of senior leadership have departed the campaign, including Courtni Pugh, a strategic adviser who served as Swalwell’s top liaison to organized labor groups.”
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 10, 2026 05:21 PM (diia5)
I want him to stay in... The more Dems there are the better the chance that a Republican can at least get on the ballot
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 05:22 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 05:22 PM (tgvbd)
CANNONBALL!!!
Posted by: a nekkid Katie Porter, filling a hot tub with warm mashed potatoes at April 10, 2026 05:23 PM (gKWVE)
So close. He got so close to asking the question, "Are we the problem? Have we been the problem all along?"
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 05:23 PM (ExV1e)
Politico is reporting that multiple people have abruptly resigned from Eric Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign: “Members of senior leadership have departed the campaign, including Courtni Pugh, a strategic adviser who served as Swalwell’s top liaison to organized labor groups.”
gee I wonder why
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2026 05:23 PM (1wjle)
All those cases listed are now "settled law" and provide strong guidance to the lower courts and government on those issues.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 05:23 PM (K56Oe)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 05:23 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: fd - Would you like to buy a slightly used affirmation? at April 10, 2026 05:24 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 05:24 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 10, 2026 05:24 PM (0U5gm)
So close. He got so close to asking the question, "Are we the problem? Have we been the problem all along?"
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 05:23 PM (ExV1e)
____________
No, it's wreckers, kulaks, billionaires, foreign agents, Christian Nationalists, and counterrevolutionary elements.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 05:25 PM (tgvbd)
It should be that teachers have no "right" to groom children into any sexual deviations. "Opting in" should not even be an option, but having to "opt out" of one's children being groomed is itself malicious and deviant.
Posted by: illiniwek at April 10, 2026 05:25 PM (vbXSk)
Courtni. Of kourse.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 05:25 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 05:24 PM (rZCVI)
Diff'rent Strokes.
Posted by: Reforger at April 10, 2026 05:25 PM (ZhdAT)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 05:25 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: fd - I have a place in the world at April 10, 2026 05:26 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2026 05:26 PM (TLp3A)
Politico is reporting that multiple people have abruptly resigned from Eric Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign: “Members of senior leadership have departed the campaign, including Courtni Pugh, a strategic adviser who served as Swalwell’s top liaison to organized labor groups.”
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 10, 2026 05:21 PM (diia5)
Unreported is that all of the recent departees have increased bank accounts courtesy of Katie Porter.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 05:27 PM (ExV1e)
This NYT article reports on wealthy, single women celebrating 40th birthdays as if they were destination weddings
This a good eg of how women can collectively glorify new ideals, reversing single-stigma.
Tho, I should add Black American women have been doing this for longer.
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Look at that last line. Even after writing this drivel, sucking up to AWFLs, she has to throw in one more racist comment.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 10, 2026 05:28 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 05:27 PM (ExV1e)
Pretty sure she's behind it... Swallwell was ahead of the Dems.... Now I guess Katie Porker will be governor...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 05:28 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 05:24 PM (rZCVI)
I cannot believe, even for a moment, that that face ever adorned a woman.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 05:28 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Reforger at April 10, 2026 05:25 PM (ZhdAT)
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I think he's the sole surviving cast member.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 05:28 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 10, 2026 05:21 PM (diia5)
I want him to stay in... The more Dems there are the better the chance that a Republican can at least get on the ballot
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 05:22 PM
Me too. At this point it is blatantly obvious that he is being set up by one of his opponents with the backing of the dnc and they want him out because this will all come out if he somehow wins a spot on the run off.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 05:29 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2026 05:29 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 05:30 PM (GD0B3)
It also bears mentioning that the younger ladies don’t have as much stigma against ‘solo’ celebration and trips than the older generations (at the same age). 20-something girls have no problems eating out by themselves, traveling by themselves, etc. My mom wouldn’t have been caught dead doing this in her 20s.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 10, 2026 05:30 PM (PudHT)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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If all you have is a hammer and sickle, every problem looks like a Kulak.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 10, 2026 05:30 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 05:30 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 05:30 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 05:29 PM (0N4FZ)
Considering the economic trouble Cali is in and the fact that they still, I believe, have a veto proof Dem majority in the legislature, they should be praying for a Republican Governor to be the fall guy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 05:30 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2026 05:31 PM (YwEeS)
Said it when he got appointed. Will say it again. He's the guy that - if we ever really got camps - would be fine with camps as long as some phrase in the law squared with the camps.
The founders absolutely fucked up with the judiciary.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 05:31 PM (KVa9+)
Posted by: Might have to add to the lexicon at April 10, 2026 05:31 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 05:31 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 10, 2026 05:31 PM (FrGmf)
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Oh hell, I celebrate that one year round. My goto celebratory act is to skateboard down the sidewalk looking for couples. I'll ask them if they are married. If I get a "yes", out comes this little memento tiny baseball bat they hand out at the Phillies farm team games. It's a hand sized club. Made of good wood. It has to be.
My job is to make everyone aware of Domestic Violence. And, the best teacher is experience. Sometimes I'll take a little hiatus in August. August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month. Or, as I like to call it....Motorboat August.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 05:31 PM (dIske)
The left tells me all the crime in the big blue shitties comes from the neighboring red areas...even though those neighboring red areas barely have any crime
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 05:31 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
6 The Marco memes never get old.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Based on the last thread, I think you two are now required to have a catfight in cocktail dresses.
Or maybe just a round of rock-paper-scissors. I don't have my rulebook handy.
Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2026 05:32 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Mao at April 10, 2026 05:32 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: Hollywood at April 10, 2026 05:32 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 05:32 PM (OoFl2)
Also, people with no sense of friggin' humor. "That's not funny."
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 05:33 PM (AtdJg)
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2026 05:33 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 05:30 PM (ExV1e)
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They got it through cheating. Part of the reason they are flipping out over the SAVE Act is that it will end the cheating and they will get routed. We're supposed to believe that the GOP is toxic in blue states, but they are blue because of the cheating.
Why do they have "election MONTH?" To cheat.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 05:34 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 10, 2026 05:34 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Might have to add to the lexicon
"Anti-bedtime" makes me think of a recalcitrant toddler. Which matches their emotional age..... So it that what it is?
Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2026 05:34 PM (VHUov)
Bell was in Heros I think. Man, that show turned me off of ever watching any kind of cable / tv network series ever again. When I noped out of that show I noped out of it all.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 05:34 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Anonymous, 52, Female, New York at April 10, 2026 05:34 PM (skR0U)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 05:34 PM (rZCVI)
I recommend!
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2026 05:34 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 05:24 PM (rZCVI)
Do you remember how twisted up everyone got when the conversation reached the "Michelle O has an unfortunately large head and prominent chin" discussion?
Yeah, Todd's wife has an unfortunately large head and prominent chin.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 05:34 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 05:35 PM (AtdJg)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 05:30 PM (3uBP9)
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Rush has been vindicated many times over in his claim that feminism was never about improving life for women, it was about ugly women crushing and destroy pretty women. Weaponized pride and envy.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 05:35 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 05:32 PM (OoFl2)
The piece was running long. Had to cut something.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 05:35 PM (ExV1e)
Bluesheviks make the Red Guards look like the Rotary Club.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 05:19 PM (tgvbd)
Sing with us!
“If the father’s a revolutionary, the son is a hero.
If the father’s a reactionary, the son is an asshole.
If you are a revolutionary, step forward and join us.
If you’re not, Get lost!
“GET LOST!
WE’RE GONNA CHASE YOU FROM YOUR FUCKING JOB!!!
KILL!!! KILL!!! KILL!!!”
Posted by: Red Guards at April 10, 2026 05:36 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2026 05:36 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 05:36 PM (sKqQm)
(The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window)
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2026 05:36 PM (1wjle)
I knew a girl once. Absolutely smoking body. A Joe Mannix babe body. Sadly for her, her face was very masculine. She looked like a pretty guy. The lesbians went batshit crazy for her, but she was straight.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 10, 2026 05:36 PM (PudHT)
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 05:33 PM (AtdJg)
I believe Shepard and Bell are both pretty woke so he couldn't make that point since it probably includes most of their social network.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 05:37 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 05:34 PM (3uBP9)
The parody “Zeroes” in Mad Magazine was great fun though.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 10, 2026 05:37 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 05:37 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 05:38 PM (KVa9+)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 10, 2026 05:36 PM (PudHT)
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The dreaded butterface. Human Glocks.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 05:38 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Not sure about veto. But the Rs can't do anything about it in the legislature.
OTOH, if Steve Hilton were to win. He could run/ fight against a do nothing congress.
I want to do this, legislature won't let me. Bad stuff happens. See, told ya.
Steve wouldn't have to take the hit for anything.
He could help clean up the fraud, but a D AG will not let him
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 10, 2026 05:38 PM (Fn30I)
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 05:38 PM (AtdJg)
But Europeans settling "America" upgraded the culture. Squanto chose to live with the whites because it was a better culture. Massasoit said their problems were not with the whites, but with the other (Indian) tribes.
But now we have the third world welfare seekers being deemed "superior". It is all quite insane, and premeditated. And it is mostly the white WEF types pushing the overthrow of "Western Civilization", as they form alliances with China and Iran, whoever else is against The West and individual liberty.
Posted by: illiniwek at April 10, 2026 05:40 PM (vbXSk)
No thanks. Having different opinions is not a cat fight. Besides we posted at the same time so probably didn't know that we shared different opinions. I don't have a cocktail dress.
The men who disagree here are going to have a dog fight, wear white tie and stab each other?
But good try, Mikeski. I laughed
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 05:40 PM (PFs9e)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 05:34 PM (ZOv7s)
The GDR elections were referred to by the citizenry as “folding paper”, because you folded your paper to show approval of all candidates, dropped it in the ballot box, and didn’t worry about it.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 10, 2026 05:40 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2026 05:36 PM (YwEeS)
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A lot of women seem to become more masculine as they age. Maybe falling estrogen, or simply the result of having a crappy attitude.
Conversely, liberal men tend to change into bitter grandmas. Howard Stern and Stephen King come to mind.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 05:40 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2026 05:40 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 05:37 PM (ExV1e)
They delayed getting married until gay marriage was made legal. So yeah. They are Wokesters. They will never appease their woke circle.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 10, 2026 05:41 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: DanMan at April 10, 2026 05:41 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Kindltot
Masculine jawline, masculine nose, squinty masculine eyes, eyebrows inside her eye sockets..... quack plastic surgeon, hormonal imbalance, or really unfortunate genetics. Or all three.
Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2026 05:41 PM (VHUov)
JK Rowling agrees with the left on 99.9% of everything yet she is enemy #1. I love left on left violence.
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2026 05:42 PM (YwEeS)
But in 2026 I certainly wouldn't risk it...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 05:36 PM (sKqQm)
It pays to check for certain.
Posted by: Mick "Crocodile" Dundee at April 10, 2026 05:43 PM (wVcYX)
But then there are also others where she looks like a man.
This one is confusing, but I'm going with a 65% chance she's the real deal.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 05:43 PM (6ydKt)
The men who disagree here are going to have a dog fight, wear white tie and stab each other?
But good try, Mikeski. I laughed
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 05:40 PM (PFs9e)
I don't have a cocktail dress, either. The Morons will have to make their own cat fight.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 10, 2026 05:43 PM (FrGmf)
Too be fair Mooch looks like a delicate feminine flower next to this one....
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2026 05:36 PM (YwEeS)
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Mooch looks like a Raiders linebacker who got up on the wrong side of the bed. With a personality to match.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 05:43 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 10, 2026 05:40 PM (E6xSb)
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The old DDR is also swinging heavy into AfD. Apparently, the "firewall" of the old border has been breached and they are starting to pick up legislative seats (at the state level) in the West now as well.
It's funny that the CDU and SPD have literally become a Uniparty to keep the AfD out.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 05:44 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 10, 2026 05:30 PM (PudHT)
How much of that is because people can just scroll through their phones if they're alone?
Posted by: pookysgirl, watching Rachmaninov with Lil Pooky at April 10, 2026 05:44 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2026 05:42 PM (YwEeS)
On the one hand, the Rowling stuff is great because she has FU money and does not give one single, solitary shit.
OTOH, the trans stuff will fade and Rowling will still be a doctrinaire leftist.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 05:44 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 05:44 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 05:45 PM (OoFl2)
LOL. Thanks
But the men must wear black or white tie.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 05:45 PM (PFs9e)
Austin Powers
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2026 05:46 PM (YwEeS)
Yay! I'm forty!
Happy Birthday and Happy Self Wedding to me!
Congratulations to me for aging out of any viable eggs! And now I have menopause to look forward to along with my best friend, Sir Tanicore Whiskers!
Posted by: A Cat Lady at 40 at April 10, 2026 05:46 PM (iJfKG)
Mooch looks like the typical thick dark black woman. She's big for a bitch. But not big for any red blooded man to worry about.
I can see how she pushes Barry around.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 05:46 PM (KVa9+)
Posted by: Reforger at April 10, 2026 05:25 PM (ZhdAT)
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I think he's the sole surviving cast member.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 05:28 PM (ZOv7s)
Well, he isn't going to get mugged with a wife like that.
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 05:46 PM (AtdJg)
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 05:47 PM (UjdFS)
Like COVID masks.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 10, 2026 05:47 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 05:46 PM (AtdJg)
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No kidding!
Anyone remember when the polite thing to say about homely women was "She has a lovely personality!"
Now even that consolation is gone.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 05:48 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Eeyore at April 10, 2026 05:48 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 05:48 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 05:23 PM (K56Oe)
Oh, you mean like Bruen? Because I'm seeing a lot of government responding to that "strong guidance."
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 05:48 PM (AtdJg)
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 05:48 PM (UjdFS)
But then there are also others where she looks like a man.
This one is confusing, but I'm going with a 65% chance she's the real deal.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 05:43 PM (6ydKt)
Looks like she's a real woman. Link to an article with a photo of the former husband (kind of unfortunate looking also) and the kids (three of them look like they'll be okay, middle daughter may have a rough time). Her youngest kid is named Piper - no relation, presumably.
https://tinyurl.com/229mmh9e+
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 05:49 PM (ExV1e)
"President Obama should do something about this"
Residents of a Chicago suburb hope its local reparations program "could alleviate affordability pressures" as the Black population dwindles in the city, according to a new report.
The Evanston Daily, a news outlet that covers Evanston, spoke with locals about housing affordability amid a "Black exodus," raising concern from residents.
"It’s become more about green than Black," community activist Meleika Gardner told the Daily. "It’s about the money and who can afford to stay here."
"We have not been able to replace Blacks who are moving because housing has just gone up out of this world," Nabors said.
"Beyond zoning, some community members told The Daily the city’s reparations program could also help alleviate affordability pressures. Nabors said the program is a ‘major, important first step’ to address population shifts," the outlet reported.
Evanston issued $25,000 to 44 residents in reparations payments, the City’s Reparations Committee announced in February. So far, at least 137 people have received reparations pay
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 10, 2026 05:49 PM (5dWeS)
She also has extremely large testicles.
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 05:50 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 05:48 PM (pDt9x)
Is there an xcancel macro?
Assuming you're using a chromium variant browser, there is this.
https://tinyurl.com/4w4jyw22+
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 05:51 PM (ExV1e)
https://tinyurl.com/229mmh9e+
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at
Ha! Nope. And form the looks of it, I would hit right at her knee caps. I am pretty dang short.
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 05:51 PM (OoFl2)
Anyone remember when the polite thing to say about homely women was "She has a lovely personality!"
__________
"For a fat girl, you don't sweat much."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 05:51 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: A Cat Lady at 40 at April 10, 2026 05:46 PM (iJfKG)
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One of the Devil's greatest successes was convincing women that careers and material things would bring them more lasting happiness than getting married and raising a family, and then seeing those children marry and spend your old age just trying to keep up with what everyone is doing.
I'm an only child, and I hated it. We have three kids and would have had more of my wife's plumbing hadn't given out, but watching them interact and grow with each other has been wonderful. And now grandkids! The best thing in the world!
I know a few of my old friends never married, no kids, just perpetual teenage dudes with the latest toys, and man, that's got to be rough for them right about now.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 05:52 PM (ZOv7s)
This is simply not true, anytime the question of legalizing gay marriage was put to a vote, it was voted down.
Liars.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2026 05:52 PM (XV/Pl)
Deus Vult motherfucker. This ain’t England and we have a Second Amendment. Welcome to FAFO-Land.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 05:52 PM (yv1Au)
"We have not been able to replace Blacks who are moving because housing has just gone up out of this world," Nabors said.
>Where my EBT card at?
Posted by: LaQuisha at April 10, 2026 05:52 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 05:44 PM (OoFl2)
Yeah there are earlier slightly more feminine pictures. And it would appear she is a "birthing person" i.e. woman having a number of children before Tod.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 05:52 PM (3uBP9)
How many Somalians would it take to square the deal ?
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 05:52 PM (KVa9+)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 05:52 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 05:51 PM (OoFl2)
I've stood right next to you. You're not THAT short. We never had to weigh you down with something to keep the wind from blowing you away.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 05:53 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 10, 2026 05:43 PM (FrGmf)
Honestly, I think most of the 'rons would be ok if you fought without wearing dresses, at all.
/runs/
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 05:53 PM (AtdJg)
Posted by: wth
The social pages say she's got the biggest balls of all
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 05:54 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2026 05:54 PM (yAteE)
California Teachers Association
@WeAreCTA 12m
The allegations are incredibly disturbing and unacceptable against Rep. Swalwell. We are immediately suspending our support. Our elected board will be meeting as soon as possible to follow our union’s democratic process to determine next steps.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 10, 2026 05:55 PM (diia5)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 05:55 PM (gKWVE)
One of the Devil's greatest successes was convincing women that careers and material things would bring them more lasting happiness than getting married and raising a family
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Modern feminism has deluded many women into thinking all their natural impulses are wrong. No wonder they drown themselves in wine and Xanax.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 05:55 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 05:55 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 05:48 PM (pDt9x)
So, you didn't see the bit about substituting "xcancel" for "x" in the URL? (I didn't until after I posted.)
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 05:55 PM (AtdJg)
You're getting Katie Porter, covered in mashed potatoes. Just for that.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 05:55 PM (gKWVE)
That's Katie Porker... Can't wait
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 05:55 PM (FtULh)
/runs/
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 05:53 PM (AtdJg)
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"Stop the fight! Ladies, please at least have the common decency to oil up first!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 05:56 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at April 10, 2026 05:56 PM (V362x)
Posted by: LASue at April 10, 2026 05:56 PM (lCppi)
https://tinyurl.com/229mmh9e+
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 05:49 PM (ExV1e)
I saw the pic of her and her kids, the tallest daughter definitely inherited her face.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 05:56 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10
I am 5’1 when not wearing a shoe with a heel and my hair is not big. Close to model height! Hahahah.
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 05:57 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 05:55 PM (GD0B3)
According to Tousi, it's not going so well...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 05:57 PM (FtULh)
I’ve lost count of the number of children of my friends from the Northeast that went to college in the South or out west and stayed. Their reason? Because the girls were more traditional in their thinking about family and religion.
That’s Gods work right there.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 05:57 PM (yv1Au)
Posted by: The four cats at home at April 10, 2026 05:57 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 05:23 PM (Ia/+0)
Are we supposed to believe he's not?
Posted by: LASue at April 10, 2026 05:57 PM (lCppi)
Would she really be in first place if Swallwell withdrew? She is such an awful woman. Not that he's any better but still....
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 05:57 PM (ix8EF)
As someone said, they were convinced that they should spend their youth not working for a husband, and children, who love them but for a corporation who'd replace them in a heartbeat without a moment's thought.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 05:57 PM (ExV1e)
Eric, don't get out of the race!
I've been through this, I can get you though, too!
First, we have to find some feminists to make a statement...
Posted by: William Jeffjack Clinton at April 10, 2026 05:57 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at April 10, 2026 05:56 PM (V362x)
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Well, I mean Sam never actually did say "Play it again, Sam." So people do condense lines and stuff. It's close to the actual line, though.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 05:58 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 05:57 PM (FtULh)
Well, Trump's X tweet earlier, kinda said it all, something like "you have no cards...the only reason I left you alive for you will sign the surrender deal...." something like that.
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 05:59 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10
I am 5’1 when not wearing a shoe with a heel and my hair is not big. Close to model height! Hahahah.
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 05:57 PM (OoFl2)
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‘5-1? You and that Alex Chick are Amazonians. Amazonians, I tell ya!’
Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 10, 2026 05:59 PM (PudHT)
How about we move somewhere where the cost of living is cheaper. Then you can spend more time with the children.
Shut up, you misogynistic bigot.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 06:00 PM (yv1Au)
Admit it, Todd's wife makes Michelle Obama look hot.
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2026 06:00 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 10, 2026 06:00 PM (PudHT)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 10, 2026 06:00 PM (FrGmf)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10
I am 5’1 when not wearing a shoe with a heel and my hair is not big. Close to model height! Hahahah.
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 05:57 PM (OoFl2)
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‘5-1? You and that Alex Chick are Amazonians. Amazonians, I tell ya!’
— Robert Reich
Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 10, 2026 06:00 PM (PudHT)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 05:59 PM (GD0B3)
Tousi's upcoming stream is titled "Iranians begin killing IRGC on streets".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 06:01 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Making Shit Up 24/7 at April 10, 2026 06:01 PM (onPc6)
"You must bake the gay cake." to
"You must buy the faggot cake. With extra cream filling. And if you do not rave about how wonderful it is you will be imprisoned."
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 06:01 PM (/lPRQ)
Admit it, Todd's wife makes Michelle Obama look hot.
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2026 06:00 PM (Y8DZL)
Nope... At least this one is smiling
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 06:01 PM (FtULh)
In all fairness ? One of the biggest arguments I've had my entire life. With my Dad. With employers.
The Dollar ain't everything. Means nothing if I don't enjoy it.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 06:01 PM (KVa9+)
++++
What about us?
Posted by: The four cats at home at April 10, 2026 05:57 PM (2Ez/1)
Just water. The local creek. You in a burlap sack.
Not wasting wine on you.
What? That wasn't what you meant?
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 06:01 PM (AtdJg)
That’s Gods work right there.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 05:57 PM (yv1Au)
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I married an Appalachian. Kentucky Wildcat, if you will.
One thing I did not expect was the sophistication of Hillbilly language, which is both archaic and erudite. Not much in the way of credentials or "book learnin'" but they sure know how to turn a phrase.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 06:02 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 10, 2026 06:02 PM (W7ehW)
If'n women stayed home - those who chose to do so, put your pitchforks away, and we got rid of the foreigners, they have to pay the men more AND prices would be lower. It's almost like it's a concerted effort.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 06:02 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 06:02 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 06:03 PM (gKWVE)
I distinctly remember a "Todd Bridges first to go bad last to go" (or something to that effect) commenter.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at April 10, 2026 06:03 PM (IQhz0)
California Teachers Association
@WeAreCTA 12m
The allegations are incredibly disturbing and unacceptable against Rep. Swalwell. We are immediately suspending our support. Our elected board will be meeting as soon as possible to follow our union’s democratic process to determine next steps.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 10, 2026 05:55 PM (diia5)
To not know Swalwell was a sleazy, creepy, bastard more than a decade ago is a definite sign you should never be allowed to vote.
The fucker exudes sleaze out of his pores.
He's got some stiff competition in Cali, I know, but come on, how gullible and naive do you have to be to believe anything this dude says?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 06:04 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 06:01 PM (ExV1e)
Well, not exactly, but they are pissed that Ghalibab and the rest are negotiating with the people who killed their precious Supreme Burrito. so there is that. People on the street won't be able to do much, and if they try they will be Trotskied. The most fervent believers will go first.
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 06:04 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Tousi's upcoming stream is titled "Iranians begin killing IRGC on streets".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Tousi should have Steve Inman guest on the show and narrate the videos.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 06:04 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 06:01 PM (KVa9+)
Means nothing if you don't acknowledge that it is God's provision and enjoy and use it well.
King Solomon wrote a whole book of the Bible about it.
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 06:04 PM (AtdJg)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 06:04 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2026 06:05 PM (n5tGW)
The Dollar ain't everything. Means nothing if I don't enjoy it.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 06:01 PM (KVa9+)
I told my chirruns to decide what they wanted out of life. Not the job, the life. Figure out how much money it takes to have that. Figure out the jobs which will get you that much. Pick the one you think you'll hate least.
No one ever dies wishing they could have spent more time at work.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 06:05 PM (ExV1e)
How about we move somewhere where the cost of living is cheaper. Then you can spend more time with the children.
Shut up, you misogynistic bigot.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 06:00 PM (yv1Au)
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It took exactly 20 years for me to be able to afford a house in my home town. We were never able to take lavish vacations and the one big trip we were going to make to pre-woke Disney was derailed by something breaking and having to use the trip money to fix it.
But that's okay, because we still go on day trips, Michigan has a huge amount of places to see and stuff to do, and gosh, just like my grandparents, we can put of the big trips until after we retire.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 06:05 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 06:06 PM (yv1Au)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 06:04 PM (Cqx++)
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When it was filmed California was pretty white as well, especially near Hollywood.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 06:07 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 06:08 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2026 06:08 PM (n5tGW)
Report out that Hunter has fled to South Africa to skip out on 17+ million dollar indebtedness.
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2026 06:09 PM (Y8DZL)
__________________
Keep an eye peeled for when the checkpoints at each town and city start coming down. The Iranians have been dependent on keeping large crowds from forming by disallowing travel internally. When they start getting bombed and attacked, then it's on.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 06:09 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 06:05 PM (ZOv7s)
I’m at the point where I’ve done enough jumping around the world all I want to do is sit on a US beach, drink a beer and read the Bible. That’s my ultimate vacation.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 06:09 PM (yv1Au)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 06:04 PM (Cqx++)
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When it was filmed California was pretty white as well, especially near Hollywood.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 06:07 PM (ZOv7s)
I recall from the few episodes of Dragnet I've seen that a surprising number of criminals in 60s Cali were dirty looking hippies hopped up on rabbit weed.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 06:09 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 06:10 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 05:52 PM (ZOv7s)
It's worse if you get married and still don't have kids.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 10, 2026 06:10 PM (xcxpd)
Don’t believe the media.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 06:11 PM (yv1Au)
Posted by: Auspex
Not the place I would choose given the systemic killing of wye pepo.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 06:11 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Auspex
And child support
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 06:11 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 06:09 PM (6ydKt)
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And now they run the joint!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 06:12 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 06:13 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 06:09 PM (6ydKt)
Dirty Harry's criminals were inquisitive.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 06:13 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 06:12 PM (ZOv7s)
Unfortunately they spread out and now they run a lot of joints in a lot of places.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 06:14 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 10, 2026 06:10 PM (xcxpd)
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I've a friend who never wanted kids, and was a serial monogamist, leaving wife 1 for a mistress who become wife 2, and then leaving her for wife 3, and she was much younger, and while she said she didn't want kids, one of her friends had a baby, so she wanted to get pregnant, too and no man can resist that, so they had two kids, and they she cheated on him, and remarried, and then he remarried a woman with one kid.
He's very glad he had kids, but what a messed up way to go about it!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 06:15 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
That's right! Bronner's and Zender's in Frankenmouth, and just a short drive away, Flint.
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2026 06:16 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 06:13 PM (ExV1e)
I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've gotta ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 06:16 PM (6ydKt)
He's got some stiff competition in Cali, I know, but come on, how gullible and naive do you have to be to believe anything this dude says?
Posted by: SpeakingOf
I'm dead certain the DNC exclusively recruits sociopaths and other moral deficient people for office. It gives them absolute control over every member.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 10, 2026 06:16 PM (diia5)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 06:13 PM (GD0B3)
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I keep saying this: the truce was for us, not Iran. Mossad is going to get the mother of all target lists out of this.
"No, my friend, we're not asking you to do anything at all. Just stay home and we'll handle all of it."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 06:17 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 10, 2026 06:16 PM (diia5)
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Counterpoint: Only the sleaziest, creepiest and most amoral can climb atop the greasy pole in Dem politics. Normies get disgusted and quit, which is why there aren't any.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 06:18 PM (ZOv7s)
leaving wife 1 for a mistress who become wife 2
____________
"When a man marries his mistress, he creates a job vacancy." - Sir James Goldsmith
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:18 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 10, 2026 06:18 PM (5laSV)
Posted by: Auspex
And child support
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 06:11 PM (FtULh)
What???!!
Posted by: Navy Joan Biden at April 10, 2026 06:19 PM (skR0U)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:18 PM (tgvbd)
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He and his current (final?) wife have seven marriages between them. So very Boomer.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 06:19 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 06:16 PM (6ydKt)
I was thinking of that scene but more about the criminal's response. "I gots ta know."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 06:20 PM (ExV1e)
@KFILE 21m
Politico is reporting that multiple people have abruptly resigned from Eric Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign: “Members of senior leadership have departed the campaign, including Courtni Pugh, a strategic adviser who served as Swalwell’s top liaison to organized labor groups.”
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 10, 2026 05:21 PM (diia5)
From my bleacher seat this looks like a take-down of Swalwell by the Democrats. To get him and as many others as needed to drop out of the CA Gov jungle primary, or massively lose voters. So a Democrat will be top two finishers. IOW, to ensure a Democrat wins in the November election. Also, if Pelosi's power in CA Democrat circles is waning, there may be lots of CA Dem Party big-wigs who hate Swalwell for various reasons.
Posted by: Gref at April 10, 2026 06:20 PM (5rh/l)
If it didn't require waiting until June for the snow to melt I'd even consider living there.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 06:20 PM (6ydKt)
Depends. I sired two. One I'll miss. One I just don't.
Quiet days without either or their mother are days I enjoy.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 06:21 PM (KVa9+)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:21 PM (8avO+)
Hunter Biden has challenged Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump to a cage match, stating he is "100% in" if the event can be organized. The challenge emerged in a video posted by YouTuber Andrew Callaghan on his Channel 5 Instagram, where Biden announced his participation in the upcoming "Channel 5 Carnival & Talent Show" tour, with stops in Phoenix, San Diego, and Albuquerque from April 24 to April 26.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 06:21 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2026 06:21 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 06:19 PM (ZOv7s)
My wife and I are both boomers and have been married 30 years.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 06:21 PM (ExV1e)
( okay that's too mean but she is an unfortunate looking women) .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 06:21 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 10, 2026 06:21 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: For Real at April 10, 2026 06:22 PM (onPc6)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 06:22 PM (ExV1e)
Those guys are freaking scary.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 06:22 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Auspex
He's got a plan.
Hunter Biden Challenges Trump’s Sons — Don Jr. & Eric — to a Cage Fight
https://is.gd/zx9dlK
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The Thrilla in Vanilla!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (ndZc7)
"No, my friend, we're not asking you to do anything at all. Just stay home and we'll handle all of it."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 06:17 PM (ZOv7s)
well, yeah. that "truce " is faker than fake. who in their right mind would think that any of them would "negotiate in good faith". Not Trump. Bait and switch form the get go with the help of Phakistahn, moving the goal poasts, posturing , the whole kit and caboodle of jihadi negotiating tactics.
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Gref at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 06:24 PM (utfVc)
__________________
Keep an eye peeled for when the checkpoints at each town and city start coming down. The Iranians have been dependent on keeping large crowds from forming by disallowing travel internally. When they start getting bombed and attacked, then it's on.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 06:09 PM (dIske)
They have been being bombed - thats why Iran wanted to draft kids to guard them. Then they started hiding them under bridges. I saw some clips last week that some of these posts were abandoned entirely.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:25 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 06:08 PM (ExV1e)
Especially the DMV. (See the story linked on Insty, earlier.)
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 06:25 PM (AtdJg)
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2026 06:25 PM (Y8DZL)
Those guys are freaking scary.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 06:22 PM (ZOv7s)
____________
The Epstein Case is the 21st Century's Kennedy Assassination.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 06:26 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 06:13 PM (ExV1e)
I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've gotta ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 10, 2026 06:16 PM (6ydKt)
And they now have a 7-shot .44 Magnum. Harry Callahan could do SO much with that improved .44....
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 06:28 PM (AtdJg)
.......
who can't even spell her own first name.
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 06:30 PM (UjdFS)
And short. Saw her once in person. I bet she looks up at 5'...
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 06:32 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2026 05:54 PM (yAteE)
Back during Covid I had to sneeze a couple of times when wearing a mask and I did the same thing each and every time. It's a powerful reflex. I did laugh.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:32 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Auspex
......
I heard good blow is hard to find down there.
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 06:32 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 06:23 PM (GD0B3)
Another thing it does is that it gives different factions in the IGRC remnants time to start fighting among themselves.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 06:33 PM (8avO+)
My friends all hyped up that show enormously and I tried watching it a few years back and... it was very underwhelming. And it was very clear that they had no ideas past the first season
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 06:36 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 05:32 PM (OoFl2)
Well, if a tranny got custody of four kids, the biological momma must have been a real piece of work.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 06:37 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 06:40 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 10, 2026 06:43 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 05:44 PM (OoFl2)
Google is not trustworthy, especially on this topic.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 06:43 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 05:44 PM (OoFl2)
Google is not trustworthy, especially on this topic.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 06:43 PM (utfVc)
There is more out there. She is an unfortunate looking woman. Let’s hope she has a great personality.
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2026 06:46 PM (OoFl2)
Yeah, this is just them getting comfortable, showing who they are, who the leadership is, where they meet, where their resources are, how they respond to the situation, etc. We're watching.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 06:51 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: LASue at April 10, 2026 08:05 PM (lCppi)
Steve Inman's Wide World of Justified Violence Open Thread
These are violent posts. I'll warn you for the really bad ones. In all cases it looks like the party who deserved the violence, got the violence. Or at least got it worse.
Two drunk chubby men have a punch up, or a slap off, or some weird thing. I don't know if anything was injured here except for dignity. "And what are you gonna do?" -- the last words of a stupid belligerent drunk. The idiot was sailing his chin out there like a flag on Washington's Birthday. I don't even know. Man wants to show he trusts his girlfriend so much he'll let her drive a golf ball off of his groin. Men are stupid. Goonies R Good Enough to beat you down. Don't abuse dogs. Compilation of various FAFOs. The first clip shows thieves attempting to rob a gun store, with results that you are probably expecting. Skip that if you don't like seeing people get shot. But let me recommend going to 0:39 to see an all-girl street fight, with all of the ho's wearing cocktail dresses. So much hair pulling and kicking a downed ho. And one girl hangs a Full Boob out of her dress after being knocked on her ass. It's niiiice. Also there's a classic clip at 1:34. Mexican drunk plays Street Matador with people's cars and then they get out of their cars and it's not so funny now is it? Antifa sitting in the street gets a nice little head-check from a car. Shirtless tweaker mutant gets the Daniel Penny treatment. Thug tries to intimidate an unimposing looking guy but most thugs are actually pussies.A Goth antifa looking Karen advances on a young man (who is also wearing all black) and discovers why the Olympics Committee forbids men competing with women in physical sports. A Cultural Enricher stops a train by holding open the door while the passengers keep telling her to close the door so that they can be on their way. She refuses. She actually has plenty of room and time to get on the train, but she's either holding the door for someone else who isn't even on the platform, or just holding up the train to run her mouth and prove that She the Queen Here. At some point, a helpful young gentlemen intervenes and gently escorts her ass to the concrete. An Australian yob advances on police women armed only with tasers, while armed with a knife. This one has a surprise ending that I wouldn't want to spoil. Kinda violent but worth it! An idiot advances on a man who tells him to go away. The man then explains why the idiot should leave: "I'm trying to save you." This is a cool-ass line I could imagine Rambo saying and you might wonder, But does he have the skills to back this line up? You be the judge. This is rough: Street bandits attempt to stop a truck by standing in front of it. Two problems with that plan: one, the truck's driver does not owe you care and kind treatment, and two, he's driving a fucking truck. DO THE MATH, SUB-CRETINS. This is a compilation of five clips. The first two show well-earned Beefhammer Ballets. The fourth I have to warn you about: A Cultural Enrichment Outreach Coordinator refuses to exit the car at a police stop and then opens fire on the cops. The cops then demonstrate what hours at range practice can do for you. If it's not clear, this results in a killing or at least a very deep Red Nap. This Cultural Enricher is in a stand-off with police as he holds a knife to the neck of a woman, as Cultural Enrichers frequently do. For some reason he decides to give up his hostage and advance on the gun-armed cops with his knife. I don't know what what he was thinking, but the cops were thinking they should shoot him dead, and they do. This is the worst one. But also the best one, if you can deal with graphic content. Two men have a verbal argument when one, out of nowhere, just straight up stabs the other in the belly with a long knife. The stabbed man staggers away, and the knife-wielding attacker follows him. And then he learns he should have just walked away because the stabbed man, backed into a life-or-death situation, fights back. An oldie:
HOLY SH*T 🚨 This video is going massively VIRAL showing off duty Firefighters delivering Karma to a Biker who purposely ran into a innocent woman
— MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) April 6, 2026
He tried to run but was tackled to the ground
I LOVE WATCHING THIS 🔥
pic.twitter.com/m2D8nwFRXl
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: MkY at April 10, 2026 04:11 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Eeyore at April 10, 2026 04:17 PM (AlhUl)
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 04:17 PM (dIske)
Majority of today's Females (Use the term loosely) are Fat Slobs like Jabba the Hutt, Uglier the Predator Creature/Whoopie Godberg, Smell Funny, have 100 Tattoos, and cannot even compose a complete sentence with the Queens English ???
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 10, 2026 04:18 PM (rvNIn)
Thanks for your effort in getting this post together, but the only video I can bear to look at is the last one.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 04:19 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 04:20 PM (/lPRQ)
"Black people built dis shit... Y'all pale ugly ass Down syndrome looking white people"
"My husband is going to r*pe & k*ll you. He's going to rip your ass and fuck you"
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She seems like a nice and wholesome young lady.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2026 04:20 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 10, 2026 04:22 PM (rvNIn)
I see you've been to one of our larger cities...
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 04:23 PM (XuXeR)
Majority of today's Females (Use the term loosely) are Fat Slobs like Jabba the Hutt, Uglier the Predator Creature/Whoopie Godberg, Smell Funny, have 100 Tattoos, and cannot even compose a complete sentence with the Queens English ???
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 10, 2026 04:18 PM (rvNIn)
The uh, ladies, in the boob video were young and as a result, decently attractive. But maybe not wifey material. Or maybe so. Everyone has a bad night.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 04:23 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Eeyore
3 I can't watch most of these because, apparently, I'm not old enough. And, I don't have an "X" account.
Posted by: Orson
Change "x.com" to "xcancel.com" in the URL to bypass X's age filter.
Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2026 04:23 PM (VHUov)
This will be Britain in...oh, let's say five years:
https://instapundit.com/788967/
You did this to yourselves...
Sad.
May you wear your catamite status lightly.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 10, 2026 04:23 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Orson
Is there an xcancel macro?
Or do we have to manually add "cancel" after the 'X" in every one?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 04:25 PM (/lPRQ)
Sometimes, violence is the right response. Sometimes it is the answer. Even if the Pope apparently never read the Bible and thinks that peace is the ONLY choice.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 04:27 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2026 04:27 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anonymous, 55, Female, Portland, OR at April 10, 2026 04:28 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 04:28 PM (ESVrU)
1 - its not like a movie where someone can be hit fifteen times in the face and get up to fight more
2 - a lot of people cannot throw a punch and are surprisingly feeble when they hit you.
They seem contradictory but the truth is, a solid hit to the face will drop most people, stunned at least, and most people hitting you almost anywhere else do little damage.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 04:29 PM (El6/E)
He needs to bring back the GAINZ Thread.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2026 04:29 PM (TLp3A)
And it is clearly "Thong Thursday" for the white girls.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 04:30 PM (wsxbk)
Posted by: 496 at April 10, 2026 04:31 PM (QbvHV)
In happier news, the Utah Mammoth have secured a spot in the NHL playoffs.
In sadder news, it is damnably difficult to watch a hockey game when you don't have cable or satellite TV.
I shall now adjourn to my den to sip bourbon and wallow in my ennui.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 04:31 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 04:32 PM (UjdFS)
Or do we have to manually add "cancel" after the 'X" in every one?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 04:25 PM (/lPRQ)
open up a notepad instance (or apple equivalent) and paste the URL in it, then edit it and paste in browser.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 04:32 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 04:33 PM (WONhk)
If I really need to see them, I can make an account. Not your problem. But wanted you to know.
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 04:33 PM (AtdJg)
Posted by: Eeyore
3 I can't watch most of these because, apparently, I'm not old enough. And, I don't have an "X" account.
Posted by: Orson
*
Change "x.com" to "xcancel.com" in the URL to bypass X's age filter.
Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2026
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That also lets you see the comments without being on X yourself.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2026 04:33 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 10, 2026 04:34 PM (gQ15S)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 04:34 PM (V4IXI)
Sometimes, violence is the right response. Sometimes it is the answer. Even if the Pope apparently never read the Bible and thinks that peace is the ONLY choice.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 04:27 PM (El6/E)
A man isn't a man until his hands have killed.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 04:34 PM (iXqHn)
Same. Or doing Xcancel whatever.
If people make it even a little inconvenient for me to view something, I'm not.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 10, 2026 04:34 PM (2z+OF)
Posted by: Oldcat
This might be slightly easier than doing it the browser...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 04:34 PM (wsxbk)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 04:32 PM (8avO+)
ClipboardFusion will do that automagically for you. I love that program for all the time saving things it can do. And then I waste more time thinking up new nifty things to do with it.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 04:35 PM (3uBP9)
Liberal SCOTUS Justice Sotomayor Openly Criticizes Conservative Justice Kavanaugh
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 04:35 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 04:36 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2026
Okay. This sounds easy. Thanks. *fist bump*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 04:37 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 04:37 PM (Ia/+0)
Sometimes, violence is the right response. Sometimes it is the answer. Even if the Pope apparently never read the Bible and thinks that peace is the ONLY choice.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 04:27 PM (El6/E)
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Grandkids of Diogenes were all told that if they were ever bullied, or saw someone smaller and younger being bullied, they were to step in. They knew how to handle themselves. And if they got kicked out of school, grandpa was taking them to Disneyland.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2026 04:37 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 04:38 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 10, 2026 04:18 PM (rvNIn)
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I recently re-watched "Jesus Christ Superstar" with my youngest, and while it's drenched in heresy, it's got some catchy tunes, great performances but what really stood out was how SKINNY everyone was.
The one "fat" guy was Herod, and in the film he's portrayed as grossly overweight, disgustingly fat but today he'd be said to have a "dad bod." No big deal. Damn we have fallen as a culture.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 04:38 PM (ZOv7s)
Federal Judge Orders Pentagon to Grant Journalists More Access
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 04:36 PM (ndZc7)
Someone on x noticed that right after one of our black robed politburo forced the pentagon to let back some banned journalists into meetings all of a sudden the security leaks that were getting stomped out, surprisingly reappeared again. Imagine that.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 04:39 PM (3uBP9)
Well I am no man, then. But I have taken a few punches, some by accident when goofing around. Its surprising how jarring a solid hit to the chin is. Bad for your fist, too but...
Federal Judge Orders Pentagon to Grant Journalists More Access
This was bizarre, the specifically ordered the Pentagon to take organizations like the New York Times, which I am puzzled where in the constitution they found support for that idea. Its probably next to the "ONLY Trump cannot block people on social media" clause
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 04:39 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2026
Certainly easier than filling out my gosh-darn time sheet on a Friday. Being subsumed into a huge company kind of sucks.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 04:39 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 10, 2026 04:40 PM (bNf8H)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 10, 2026 04:40 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 10, 2026 04:41 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 04:36 PM (ndZc7
Judge can go fu*k himself. If one leak leads to the death of a single serviceman, it'll be on the judge. And no, the media does NOT have a eight to know classified information.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2026 04:41 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Cross-cultural integration FTW at April 10, 2026 04:42 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 10, 2026 04:41 PM (+89TD)
Looking back at the covidian era I seem to remember their cops were allowed to pretty much execute you on the street at their discretion. Like with anything, a police force is allowed to do whatever the ruling class desires.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 04:43 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 04:43 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2026 04:41 PM (2WIwB)
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Seems to me this would be a good time to tell the judge to mind his business.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 10, 2026 04:43 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 04:27 PM (El6/E)
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This goes way back, though. In the 80s it was school policy to punish everyone involved in the fight equally, so the kid who gets sucker-punched just has to take it if a teacher doesn't see it.
Being a new kid and undersized for my age, I picked up a bully, but happily was living with my grandparents at the time and Poppy's advice was to avenge everything. Teachers be damned. So I did. I spent a full week doing in-school detention, got to know the custodians because I became their little helper. The bully left at the end of the year.
That was 6th grade. In 7th a bunch of the kids who cheered him on became my good friends, and no one messed with me.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 04:44 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2026 04:44 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 04:44 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: PabloD at April 10, 2026 04:45 PM (8sD0/)
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2026 04:46 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 10, 2026 04:47 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2026 04:41 PM (2WIwB)
The judge does not care. No one on the left does. And these "judges" are partisan leftists. Any action that gives them more power is the right action. They cannot be shamed. They can only be defeated and destroyed.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 04:47 PM (3uBP9)
Dublin roadways are shut down.
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2026 04:46 PM (rj6Yv)
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It has to start somewhere. I reckon Dublin is as good a place as any.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 10, 2026 04:47 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 04:43 PM (3uBP9)
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Irish farmers are in full revolt right now, blocking all the roads and ports. The globalist government has deployed the police and the Army, but is afraid to do much of anything. When they threatened to move in, more people showed up, and the rebellion may be spreading to Ulster.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 04:47 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 10, 2026 04:47 PM (+89TD)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 04:29 PM (El6/E)
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My dude has had two knockouts in his youth before I met him. Both he said were in self defense and he did not start them.
The second drop, with a left hook, broke a bone in his hand and the other guy was reported to have worn sunglasses for a week in HS. Because this other guy said he was dating his girl. Husband did not know about this supposed boyfried and was innocent (except for one date with this girl).
I do know that he'd defend me, so there's that. But he also tries to avoid me getting in the mayhem as he knows I'll try. He was busy on two fronts with me.
In college, for reasons unknown, we were in what appeared to be a biker bar and one or two guys were making comments about me when I returned to the pool table from the loo. I was guided out of the bar by my dude, with him watching and his body between mine and theirs. That still was not when I figured he was husband material, but very nice.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 04:48 PM (WONhk)
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I guess he respects the judiciary as much as I do.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 04:48 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Cat fight! Cat fight! at April 10, 2026 04:48 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Moron Math at April 10, 2026 04:49 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 04:49 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2026 04:23 PM (VHUov)
Thanks!!
Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2026 04:49 PM (q177U)
I have been off Twitter for many years now.
Inman does have fun vids, though, some are available on other platforms.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 10, 2026 04:50 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 10, 2026 04:40 PM (bNf8H)
one of the few times in my life i regret getting rid of twitter again....
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 10, 2026 04:50 PM (578V/)
They'll back down. Just like the Canadians did. Because they have to. All the have is kitchen knives.
They are subjects. End of story.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 04:50 PM (KVa9+)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor "
You can hurt your knuckles punching someone in the face repeatedly until they run away.
Posted by: fd - Would you like to buy a slightly used affirmation? at April 10, 2026 04:50 PM (vFG9F)
But sometimes it is earned.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 04:20 PM (/lPRQ)
Nonsense. Sometimes violence is dictated and required as well as justified.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 10, 2026 04:51 PM (xcxpd)
May God bless and protect the farmers and give them the victory.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 04:51 PM (ix8EF)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 04:52 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Disney World Is A Nasty Place at April 10, 2026 04:52 PM (onPc6)
WTF? Dude, just edit it in the URL field of your browser.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 10, 2026 04:52 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 04:47 PM (ZOv7s)
This may be very good for Irish blood to rise in the veins of UK men. Rise up!
Where are the Men of England?
https://tinyurl.com/ysdtejda
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 04:53 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 04:51 PM (ix8EF)
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Amen! We'll see how it goes. Supposedly the troops and police are not really excited about the situation, and what I've seen bears that out. They shout orders, the crowd jeers them, and then they wander away.
Canadians seem more docile, and they've recruited total psychos into their police forces.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 04:53 PM (ZOv7s)
A soldier who was given Australia's highest medal for bravery in combat was just arrested for war crimes by a new tribunal. I would not in any way support or work for that regime
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 04:53 PM (El6/E)
Federal Judge Orders Pentagon to Grant Journalists More Access
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!
Invite the Judge to come escourt them.. then let an E-3 light up the judge for trying to pass the red line.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 04:54 PM (wsxbk)
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2026 04:55 PM (rj6Yv)
What's up with X getting all G rated all of the sudden? I've never seen a age restriction before.
Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2026 04:55 PM (q177U)
1,000 pederasts are now out of work.
Just wait til WB and Paramount merge. MANY people are going to be fired, maybe even a couple top execs. Hollywood is contracting after spending 10 years crapping on its customers and losing money.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 04:56 PM (El6/E)
Hitting people with a fist, unfortunately, was taught by most daddies and repeated by people who know no better.
You hit them with the heel of your hand. Or your elbow ripped backward like a pull. Or a knee. Better yet - a chair or pull cue or brick.
Boxing is stupid.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 04:56 PM (KVa9+)
1,000 pederasts are now out of work.
Nah, upper management never has to take the haircut.
Posted by: They'll still get their bonuses and stock options at April 10, 2026 04:57 PM (TbWk/)
Catholics Find Common Ground With Protestants In Ignoring What The Pope Says Most Of The Time
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From the Bee.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 04:58 PM (ndZc7)
Works fine if you avoid bony spots like the face. A fist to the ribs or stomach works really well but the heel of the palm is very difficult to effectively strike there.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 04:58 PM (El6/E)
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I guess he respects the judiciary as much as I do.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!
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Actually that would be a damn good formal response from the Trump Administration.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 04:59 PM (wsxbk)
Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2026 04:59 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 05:00 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 10, 2026 05:00 PM (8yx7s)
Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2026 04:59 PM (q177U)
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I'm watching the "Gael Force Media" channel.
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2026 05:01 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 05:02 PM (3uBP9)
You hit them with the heel of your hand. Or your elbow ripped backward like a pull. Or a knee. Better yet - a chair or pull cue or brick.
Boxing is stupid.
Posted by: Yep
That is what broken bottles, pieces of rebar, breaker bars and snub nose pistols are for.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 05:02 PM (wsxbk)
Hundreds of chimpanzees are killing each other in a ‘civil war’ — scientists captured the ‘lethal violence’ for the first time
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 10, 2026 05:02 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Yer Sistas Ass at April 10, 2026 05:03 PM (VPPG8)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 10, 2026 05:03 PM (blKXD)
While you are hitting my rigs with a fist I'm shutting down your nose and eyes with heel strikes.
As a bonus - I still have an open hand. To grab shit like your neck. An ashtray. The list is endless.
This is the difference between thinking about a bar fight and being in one.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 05:05 PM (KVa9+)
No lie, I would pay to watch monkey hockey. You know that would be entertaining.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 05:05 PM (3uBP9)
From the Bee.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 04:58 PM (ndZc7)
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It has been a longstanding policy of the Holy See to advocate for peace in international affairs. Always and in every situation. This is not new.
It may seem unrealistic or naive, but the alternative - a pope preaching a holy war - is not something I think anyone wants to see.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 05:05 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Frasier Crane
One of them needs help getting everything back into her dress.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 10, 2026 05:05 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 05:06 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 04:58 PM (El6/E)
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It does, supposedly, work well under a nose with force. After a RN was attacked in our med center parking garage, security met with us nurses a few times.
Were taught to carry our keys with keys between fingers to gouge eyeballs. Palm thrust under nose. Knee to groin. And yell, fight and never give up.
Also ask for an escort by security if alone. We had to demonstrate all of this and also taught to break holds. I took it all in and that was over 30yrs ago.
Told sons at an early age (with chronic concern of kidnapping my blonde sweeties) to gouge eyes, kick, fight and yell. I heard my gorgous blonde/blue eyed 5yr old granddaughter saying similar the other day about gouging eyeballs.If we lived in the UK I'd be getting her out.
I guess it may not be a wonder as to why our sons turned out the way they are with me as their mother.Bless them.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 05:06 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 05:02 PM (wsxbk)
I was recently in a truck stop in Wells NV, and saw a row of short bats, ostensibly for checking tire pressure on trailers, but some of these things were hefty.
Kinda wish I had bought one, to be honest.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 05:06 PM (0aYVJ)
Wyatt Earp's favorite move: lay his big ol' .44 upside their head and they wake up in jail.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 05:06 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2026 05:07 PM (Y8DZL)
The best self defense trick is to run. Run away. Flee, get distance. Avoid the fight if at all possible.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 05:07 PM (El6/E)
Kinda wish I had bought one, to be honest.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 05:06 PM (0aYVJ)
Like maglites back in the day.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 05:07 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 05:02 PM (wsxbk)
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Yeah, improvised weapons for the win. I think Bruce Lee said actually hitting someone with your hand in a real fight is stupid. If not him, it was some other martial artist.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 05:07 PM (ZOv7s)
You hit them with the heel of your hand. Or your elbow ripped backward like a pull. Or a knee. Better yet - a chair or pull cue or brick.
Boxing is stupid.
Posted by: Yep
Unless you have reach on them.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 10, 2026 05:07 PM (0U5gm)
I mean, its not like England could do anything about it. Argentina is just going to walk into the Falklands.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 05:08 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: fd - Would you like to buy a slightly used affirmation? at April 10, 2026 05:09 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 05:07 PM (El6/E)
Agree. This was if we were grabbed in the parking garage at night. To fight back.
These FL security guards taught us a lot.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 05:10 PM (WONhk)
Boxing in particular was important because it provided a place for men to fight without disturbing the peace, and men prone to violence could find wealth and fame in the ring, rather than as a neighborhood enforcer.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 05:10 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: fd
Kind of hard to pass off as a tire thumper.
Just use a two pound hammer.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 10, 2026 05:11 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 04:35 PM (ndZc7)
She claims he has white privilege, which is a way for proggies to call their enemies "Gingers" and feel good about themselves
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 05:11 PM (rbvCR)
Nobody has reach on a pool cue. A real fight has no rules. First guy to get in the gutter typically wins.
A fundamental problem for most conservatives.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 05:12 PM (KVa9+)
Assuming you're using a chromium variant browser, there is this.
https://tinyurl.com/4w4jyw22+
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 05:12 PM (ExV1e)
In his prime he could have taken Ali.
There. I said it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 05:12 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 10, 2026 05:07 PM (0U5g
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Hence the value of pepper spray. It doesn't subdue an opponent, but it does slow them down enough at range for you to get away from them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 05:12 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 04:35 PM (ndZc7)
Will CJ Roberts prance in to lisp that criticizing judges is the worstest thing ever?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 05:14 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 04:36 PM (ndZc7)
Start every briefing with a slide which reads, "Everything presented today is classified Top Secret. If you publish anything presented to today, you will be prosecuted. Also, it is illegal to knowingly receive classified information for which you are not approved so everyone who remains for the briefing will be prosecuted."
Bonus points if the doors are locked if they try to leave.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 05:16 PM (ExV1e)
A fundamental problem for most conservatives.
Posted by: Yep
Of course. My point was that you don't want to get any closer than you have to. Don't move in to use a knee or elbow, for instance.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 10, 2026 05:18 PM (0U5gm)
Second, youTube is now insisting I sign in to prove I'm not a bot.
Well, I guess youTube won't be getting anymore views from me.
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 05:19 PM (AtdJg)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 10, 2026 05:18 PM (0U5gm)
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That's why I always keep my longbow handy. Lots of range.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 10, 2026 05:19 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 05:20 PM (3uBP9)
Pussy move. Carry a crossbow or be a victim.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 05:24 PM (KVa9+)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 05:32 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Otto Zilch at April 10, 2026 11:25 PM (Ws2ua)
Buzzfeed: "Blue Flags" Women Should Look for to Let Them Know a Man Is Acceptably Liberal
But... would this liberal man actually be interested in dating a woman, I wonder?
Women Are Sharing How To Detect Whether A Man Is Actually Liberal From A Mile Away, And You're Gonna Want To Take Notes Do yourself a favor and bookmark this one for future reference.Done and done! And I mean done. Posted on Mar 27, 2026
They mean they were lazy and had no ideas so they asked their commenters to write a post for them. I have to start doing that. I did it a couple of times, years and years ago. Here are the real bangers of advice women give to other women to deliberately sabotage them and keep them from being sexual competition or attracting any mate at all:
In 2026, political views are a major indicator of compatibility in dating. But most people aren't exactly disclosing this information on a first date, which means you're often left decoding subtle cues to gauge which side of the aisle someone's on. This detective work can be exhausting, so we asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to share the telltale signs that a man is liberal.
Right off the bat, they're telling you their ideal male mate is a gay man who is also looking for the ideal male mate. The second one says that she wants her man to go out of his way to signal that he's actually gay. There are a lot of eligible men who do that. They are all gay.
1. "He's definitely left-leaning if he's not afraid of the word tampons." --Anonymous, 45, Female, Chicago 2. "If a man supports LGBTQIA+ rights. Even better, if he can say another man is hot without fearing people will think he's gay." --Anonymous, 55, Female, Philadelphia
I want a man who doesn't care how many dozens of men have been inside men. Oh I've got just the ticket -- have you considered a gay man?
3. "He doesn't ask for a body count within the first few dates. Any conservative or Trump supporter I've gone on a date with would ask, without fail, within the first few dates -- usually on the first date." --Anonymous, Female, Florida
I mean... at this point, I would usually start making up my own joke entries, but I don't have to. Here's another one pining for a gay man:
5. "The biggest blue flag is if he's in therapy and is comfortable working through his issues and trauma with professionals." --Anonymous, 48, Female, Ohio
"I want a man who really knows his way around a realistic dildo." Below: Another "I want a man who is essentially a woman" post.
6. "If he's excited to use toys in bed because it'll help YOU finish. Toys are not his competition! If he's excited for whatever gets you off, that screams 'feminist who cares about his partner's pleasure and is secure in his masculinity.' Two qualities you likely won't find in conservative men." --Anonymous, 33, Female, Minnesota
Okay so a guy who has a large harem of girl friends is either a real player or he's, you know.
7. "It's always a good sign when he has close positive platonic relationships with women. My now husband is very close with a female friend, had a close female mentor at work that he spoke positively about, and spoke with a lot of respect and fondness about multiple female friends." "He had close guy friends too, but honestly, his close female friendships helped him grow emotionally and communicate well, so it wasn't expected for me to be the only one to meet all his emotional support needs. When we all hung out, there was never a whisper of anything sexual, and he was always respectful of everyone. He also has a good relationship with his sister and mom." --Anonymous
Stanley cups are those large oversized drinking cups that became a huge trend due to women bloggers asking Stanley to make them in pretty colors. They had been intended for men working outside in construction or jobs like that, so Stanley thought that slate gray was all the color needed. No, these women bloggers told them, women will buy them if you make them in pretty colors. Stanley gave in, just to shut them up, and for once, loud-mouthed demanding broads were right. Trend-chasing easily-influenceable women who spend all their time on the internet lifestyle-comparing with other women turned them into a national craze. I'm not saying you have to be that kind of person to own one. Let me just admit this so that you can all make fun of me and add it to my list of heterosexuality-doubts: I own one too. (Honestly, it is too big. It really should be used... by dudes working outside for whom an oversized cumbersome drinking cup is worth it because they are hundreds of yards from a fountain or convenience store. I only use it to try to get in my daily creatine.) Anyway, by saying that a man should really be into the nearly exclusively female trend of 2019 of buying Stanely cups in pretty colors, yet another woman says that what she looks for in a man is another woman.
8. "Stanley Cups scream liberal to me, for some reason." --Anonymous
Literally every other post is a wish for a man to be just another girlfriend -- who treats at dinner -- or a gay friend.
9. "I think a good indicator that a man is liberal-leaning is if they don't shy away from conversations about women's health, like someone's period. Even better if they're comfortable buying tampons for their girlfriend, wife, daughter, etc.
Now, could a person with those qualities also be conservative? Sure, but I have not met any yet. Oh, and attending International Women's Day events in support of their girlfriend, wife, or daughter is also nice." --Anonymous, 33, Female, Canada
10. "He doesn't get mad at women when you drop hard facts about misogyny and the microaggressions women deal with frequently." --Anonymous"I want to pop off all the time and never be challenged! Because I want 'equality' in relationship where my word is his command as if he were a subordinate!"
Again, this is a preppy woman's kind of look. Well, preppy women, and Jm J. Bullock from Too Close for Comfort.
11. "If he wears his sweater around his shoulders, he's probably liberal."
--Anonymous, 45, Female, New Jersey
... 13. "Literally any complaint about the economy and prices is a blue flag in my opinion. I live with a lot of MAGA who refuse to admit they're paying almost twice as much for groceries now than they did under Biden. This is how I figured out my neighbors across the street are Democrats, too. They were trying the same litmus test on me, saying, 'Oof, these tariffs are killing me.' I was like, 'YES, THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE.'" "People who aren't MAGA don't go on the offense or make excuses for the state of the economy right now. We know Trump is screwing it up and don't care to save face for him." --Anonymous, 31, Female, ColoradoJust curious: Was this also a Blue Flag when inflation hit over 20% under Biden or nah? Nah, right?
90% of modern "feminism" is just the demand that anytime a woman says something, a man agrees and praises her for saying it. They are very, very keen on this point: Anything they think, say, or do must be validated and praised. This is such a distinctly feminine form of narcissism that it was noted 23 years ago by the left-wing Onion, back when it was occasionally funny. We haven't had a "look for a gay man as a mate" one in a while. Let's fix that.
14. "A big blue flag for me is when I tell a man I'm a mechanical engineer and they don't act disgusted, or tell me it's a man's job, or that I'm too manly. Conservatives never respond positively to the fact that I'm an engineer; liberals always seem genuinely interested, ask questions, and are complimentary. Conservatives turn it into a pissing contest by suddenly asking about cars, machinery, or other random things, and get upset when I know the answers." --Anonymous, 42, Woman, Arizona
Back to "I want a man who is actually a woman:"
17. "Big blue flag is when he's flattered when a gay man flirts with him because he knows most gay men only pick cute straight men."
--Anonymous, 38, Female, US
This is all deeply narcissistic stuff. I'm sure a lot of men would prefer it if their girl was into sports or video games -- but they do not demand it as a litmus test for compatibility.
18. "He knows a few (or more) female professional athletes and their stats -- not just that they are beautiful." --Anonymous, 50, Female, Tacoma, WA
Oh a male is adding what he looks for in a man. Finally, some honesty. Again: "I want a man who is not just a gay man but the gayest of gay men." Another repeat: "I want a man who narcissistically and pointlessly spends a lot of time and money on therapy like I do."
20. "Liberal guys generally try to pronounce uncommon names correctly and go out of their way to do so. This shows that they value people and respect the way they see/identify themselves, and usually this transfers to any person who uses non-traditional pronouns (they/them, etc.) See how often Trump and other Republicans purposely mispronounce the names of people they don't like or respect? It's the same for most conservative men, I find." --Anonymous, 42, Male, San Antonio, TX
It should never be all about him. It must always be all about me.
21. "My partner is willing and able to discuss his emotions in depth, asks for (and respects) my opinions, shows genuine respect and care towards everyone in his orbit, is kindly curious about everyone he meets, and strives every day to become a better man and person through therapy and self-reflection. He takes in the world around him and thinks about how he can help everyone have a better life experience. It's not all about him!"
--Anonymous, 34, Female, WA
Oh my days (I keep hearing that from British people and I want to use it instead of "OMG"), find another OCD obsession. You're so boring and basic. Why can't he just be a gay and/or a woman?
25. "The guy I'm dating said something along the lines of, 'Can you believe what that orange f*ck has said lately?' I literally lit up inside! --heroiccan516
Hey liberal ladies, have I got the perfect emotionally-incontinent, obsessive, vindictive, politics-obsessed cuck dreamboat for you!!!
26. "Nail polish on men usually indicates a progressive mindset. It's an expression of self that shouldn't be reserved for women. It's also a sign that they are secure enough in themselves to be expressive, not bottling things up until they can't cope." --chilltable846
George Conway fights back tears as he recalls how he decided to give nearly $1 million to Biden's Victory Fund in 2024 — which would have otherwise gone to his children.
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) April 9, 2026
He says he started crying and had to pull his car over.
"I want my kids to inherit a democracy." pic.twitter.com/5WFJ9jdroI
I made Trump's takedown of podcasters he doesn't like into the opening credits of Star Wars... because it fit perfectly.
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) April 10, 2026
This is pretty incredible. 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/dxvtWBjltP
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 03:15 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 03:16 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 10, 2026 03:16 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 03:18 PM (RHvlD)
Posted by: Steve the Pirate at April 10, 2026 03:19 PM (MxYRk)
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Going meta so early is a risk but ace likes to live.... dangerously. And it worked
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:19 PM (vC6mJ)
Put me in coach, I'm ready.
Posted by: Inogame at April 10, 2026 03:19 PM (53oGX)
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 03:20 PM (RHvlD)
Do they have daughters?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 03:20 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 10, 2026 03:20 PM (xcxpd)
Does it fit in your messenger bag? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 03:21 PM (KsZMV)
Conservatives: Showing off
Liberals: One dude parking his "meat" between his boyfriends buns.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 10, 2026 03:21 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 03:21 PM (sKqQm)
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This doesn't make me question your sexuality but it does confirm you're a liberal.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:21 PM (vC6mJ)
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 03:21 PM (dIske)
For who? Him?
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 10, 2026 03:21 PM (DgMqy)
I think it’s a lack of Jesus Christ in their lives. But that’s just me.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 03:22 PM (KsZMV)
I know a few women in my life that complain it isn't fair that men don't watch women's sports.
Of course they don't watch women's sports either.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:23 PM (vC6mJ)
For who? Him?
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 10, 2026 03:21 PM (DgMqy)
She gets a good nights sleep.
He gets a good night.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 10, 2026 03:23 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 10, 2026 03:23 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 10, 2026 03:23 PM (bNf8H)
Posted by: Bang-a-gong at April 10, 2026 03:23 PM (SRiFu)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 10, 2026 03:23 PM (wtvvX)
And does the Stanley's colour match/clash with the Vespa?
(Note using the Limey way of spelling color because you are so sophisticated).
Posted by: Scott_T at April 10, 2026 03:23 PM (2waQ7)
Leftists don't advertise their political leanings. Just like Crossfitters and Vegans keep that info to themselves.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at April 10, 2026 03:23 PM (M0V4/)
How it ended: I can't believe I was the side chick the whole time I thought we were together
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 03:23 PM (sKqQm)
They want conservative men who don't like Trump and aren't really conservative but act like one. they want John Wayne who voted for Kamala but haven't grasped that real men don't vote that way.
Its like stupid men want a total slag that dresses demure and is all traditional virginal chaste girl but will put out to them. They want a girl who doesn't wear makeup and has big hooters but has no plastic surgery and looks like an Instagram "influencer" girl.
These people do not exist.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 03:23 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 03:24 PM (FpHTM)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 10, 2026 03:25 PM (N39Ws)
"Anonymous, 55, Female, Philadelphia"
I can smell this.
If you've ever been to the row houes where the trendoids populate, you just can't believe how the open-sewer smell permeates. It's disgusting.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at April 10, 2026 03:25 PM (et1vG)
Nail polish? He might just be the keyboardist in a goth band.....
https://youtu.be/oe2rLwFkuw0
But, odds are, he's not, and he's gay.
Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2026 03:25 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 03:25 PM (KsZMV)
"28. Liberal men will always admit there are five lights. The biggest blue flag is when they insist like little selfish crybabies that there are only four."
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:25 PM (vC6mJ)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 03:25 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2026 03:25 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 03:25 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 03:25 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 10, 2026 03:25 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 10, 2026 03:25 PM (Kt19C)
thanks, that's real swell of you.
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2026 03:26 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:23 PM (vC6mJ)
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They might be biologically male, but they surrendered their "Man Cards" a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 03:26 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 03:25 PM
What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Man Buns at April 10, 2026 03:26 PM (0sNs1)
This pleases me that guys are actually asking women about their body count during the initial date(s). That's a good and simple way to screen against harlots/slores if a guy is interested in potential mate. Sure, the woman could lie, but modern women are more likely to get offended and sputter out something along the lines of "Body counts don't matter!".
Well, my chick, if body counts don't matter, why get bothered about answering a simple question?
Posted by: Thrawn at April 10, 2026 03:26 PM (9Ovst)
>Lily is an idiot and that is one of the most stupid things I've seen written.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 03:26 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 03:26 PM (KVa9+)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 03:26 PM (Sco7b)
I bet they don't even like male cats.
Posted by: Inogame at April 10, 2026 03:26 PM (53oGX)
My bf/husband was a ladies man. So he thought. With a trail of over 30 females (that he can remember) he conquered in his past. He was an idiot at 22yrs to think I was not the last on his list. Yet I was, as he figured out after a year of hoping I wasn't and the grass was greener somewhere.
If I had to do some sort of purity test to the rare and few guys I dated before him I'd have a perpetual headache. As it was I was very busy in difficult college classes, working,rarely dating, and partying as often as I possibly could.
Guy friends would arrive on a Saturday morning for a hike and bonfire and I'd tell them in my nightgown that I cannot because of a big test or paper the next week. I had a balance to my life that I juggled for 2yrs.
If I had to go through all this other mess on top of my life then I'd have become a nun.
It was simple: you meet a guy, you are attracted to this guy, he kisses well and becomes a friend. Which leads to other things and if lucky you spend the rest of your life tormenting him.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 03:26 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 03:26 PM (El6/E)
Eric Swalwell
@ericswalwell
Here, add two more to my name. Fuck Donald Trump and fuck ICE.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 03:26 PM (ndZc7)
Is he credibly accused of sexually harassing and molesting dozens of women at his nonprofit/office/film studio?
You got yourself a liberal man, sister!
Posted by: 29Victor at April 10, 2026 03:27 PM (0MjtC)
* jumps out of plane
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 10, 2026 03:27 PM (diia5)
They were all married. They were all left wing. So I kept my politics to myself because I'd rather eat lunch that argue throughout it.
But I remember one day we were driving back from a restaurant and we were parked in from of some massage dive and they started discussing how it compared to the other rub and tug places in our area.
They might have been male feminists, but that certainly wasn't going to stop them from getting some strange kunk fu grip...
Of course in fairness to them I got to hear enough complaints about their lefty wives to understand this wasn't one sided shittiness either...
No wonder leftists are so unhappy...they hate each other even...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 03:27 PM (sKqQm)
What I'm getting at is a lot of liberal women are setting the bar pretty low because they don't have a choice if they are being honest with themselves.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 03:27 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 10, 2026 03:27 PM (wBaIH)
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No. Those are conservatives lying to you about being liberal to get you in the sack you big dummy.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:28 PM (vC6mJ)
@Breaking911 36s
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has announced an additional $360 million in funding aimed at preventing homelessness.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 10, 2026 03:28 PM (diia5)
If you tell guys they have to pretend to be liberal to get you to have sex with them they will do so.
Of course they still aren't going to call you back
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 03:28 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: NCKate at April 10, 2026 03:29 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 03:29 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 03:29 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 10, 2026 03:25 PM
Rides a Vespa, toting a J. Crew Messenger Bag: Manly.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2026 03:29 PM (0sNs1)
My experience in dating is that women always want to know in detail about your career.
Honestly, not the first and primary thing I want to know from them which seems to be something they don't get...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 03:29 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 10, 2026 03:29 PM (XMwZJ)
And does the Stanley's colour match/clash with the Vespa?
(Note using the Limey way of spelling color because you are so sophisticated).
Posted by: Scott_T at April 10, 2026 03:23 PM (2waQ7)
One of the people here in the office is a tiny tiny Korean woman who came in with a huge Stanley or equivalent one day - probably nearly 2 liters. A few days later she came in with an itty bitty one and told me that the huge one was injuring her wrists and arms.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 03:29 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: NCKate at April 10, 2026 03:29 PM (uQzkA)
I just spit my double espresso.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 03:30 PM (KsZMV)
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 03:27 PM (dIske)
Due to muh male gaze, obviously, *sarc*.
Posted by: Thrawn at April 10, 2026 03:30 PM (9Ovst)
Posted by: Paul at April 10, 2026 03:30 PM (MaDZu)
Yeah I mean, between this, shaving their heads, refusing to have sex, not shaving armpits, and whatever dumb crazy thing they come up with to self identify, the better off all society is. They all complain that society wants them to conform and be a submissive stepford wife (how many movies have been made about this dumb crap??) but all they end up doing is conforming to the crazy left.
And being alone.
Its like refusing to submit to your your husband so you can be a boss babe bad bitch, then going to work and submitting to your boss who doesn't even like you and might fire you at any time.
You're not making bold, daring, exciting choices. You're making the same choices, but in the worst direction.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 03:30 PM (El6/E)
That one should be easy to fake, because straight women don't follow the WNBA, either.
"Oh yeah, La'Karen Johnson is averaging a double-double this year for the Omaha Heifers. She's MVP material for sure."
Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2026 03:30 PM (VHUov)
AL SHARPTON: “Are you going to run again in 2028?”
KAMALA: *cackles* “Listen, I might, I might — I’m thinking about it.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 03:30 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Clay at April 10, 2026 03:30 PM (3ZPhJ)
Posted by: mr tmz at April 10, 2026 03:30 PM (rJ48h)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 03:31 PM (KsZMV)
Posted by: InZona at April 10, 2026 03:31 PM (peFv8)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 10, 2026 03:31 PM (0U5gm)
Some people call that "directing the conversation to mutual points of interest"
Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 10, 2026 03:31 PM (C0Nlv)
@Breaking911 36s
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has announced an additional $360 million in funding aimed at preventing homelessness.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 10, 2026 03:28 PM (diia5)
No, it is about *preventing* homelessness, which means it is 100pct fraud from the start. Let me get my working group and slides going for that 30 million dollar grant study...
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 03:31 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 03:26 PM (ESVrU)
They probably never earned one in the first place.
No kills, not even a whiff of military service, even outside of combat.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 03:31 PM (iXqHn)
I can see me asking him all this crapola, or figuring it out if he's a liberal. Maybe I will tonight in the event I missed a flag.
This is retarded, sir.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 03:31 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 03:27 PM (dIske)
Due to muh male gaze, obviously, *sarc*.
Posted by: Thrawn at April 10, 2026 03:30 PM (9Ovst)
It would be like shooting fish in a barrel for a plain Jane. Just add some makeup, a dress, and a smile.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 03:31 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 03:32 PM (K56Oe)
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 10, 2026 03:32 PM (E6xSb)
Wear boots, a Stetson, a gun on your hip,and shower regularly, and you will be handed a lot of phone numbers.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2026 03:32 PM (2WIwB)
stay away from me
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 03:32 PM (UjdFS)
"He just *loves* talking about tampons and women's issues and Kamala and the wage gap and........ Oh..... wait a second no men actually do that unless they want to bed you? Have I been had?"
Yes you've been had, darling, because you have the IQ of a tomato and MAGA Man saw you coming.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:32 PM (vC6mJ)
What I'm getting at is a lot of liberal women are setting the bar pretty low because they don't have a choice if they are being honest with themselves.
Posted by: Orson
I went to a recruiting session on a campus a while back, and was amazed at just how slovenly every student was, regardless of sex.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 10, 2026 03:32 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2026 03:32 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 10, 2026 03:32 PM (E6xSb)
I would rather live with my Blue Balls then penetrate any of them or give them screaming orgasms.
Posted by: The Penis at April 10, 2026 03:33 PM (onPc6)
The argument was whether or not you voted for him you aren't removing him so you are complicit.
And the part that I found amusing is that they have a completely different perspective in say Iran or Gaza don't they?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 03:33 PM (sKqQm)
He really is the best at giving warnings.
Posted by: Paul at April 10, 2026 03:33 PM (MaDZu)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 03:33 PM (i+pQm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 03:34 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 03:27 PM (dIske)
Damn. I thought they all looked like the ones at the UF/GA games.
Posted by: mr tmz at April 10, 2026 03:34 PM (rJ48h)
What I'm getting at is a lot of liberal women are setting the bar pretty low because they don't have a choice if they are being honest with themselves.
Posted by: Orson
I went to a recruiting session on a campus a while back, and was amazed at just how slovenly every student was, regardless of sex.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 10, 2026 03:32 PM (0U5gm)
Let me guess: also dressed up as if they just woke up, with PJs on, with some having their blankies with them like they are five year olds?
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 10, 2026 03:34 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 03:34 PM (UjdFS)
I had one Jewish girlfriend. She rode me like a birthday pony, drank bourbon, could almost outshoot me, and was a gym rat. She also could quote the Torah. Oh, and ripped apart libs like it was a blood sport.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 03:34 PM (KsZMV)
The argument was whether or not you voted for him you aren't removing him so you are complicit.
And the part that I found amusing is that they have a completely different perspective in say Iran or Gaza don't they?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 03:33 PM (sKqQm)
The funny part is that no American has any real interest in such opinions except for gawking at carnival side-show freakery.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 03:35 PM (dK+Kv)
I'm not saying you have to be that kind of person to own one. Let me just admit this so that you can all make fun of me and add it to my list of heterosexuality-doubts: I own one too.
Methinks the ladyboi doth protest too much...
I might have updated The Bard's work to appeal to Modern Audiences.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 03:35 PM (JoTi8)
Or, you know, he's aware that the economy is doing great and it's Trump's doing. Either / or.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 03:35 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2026 03:35 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Thrawn at April 10, 2026 03:26 PM (9Ovst)
women call each other sluts more than men do.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 03:35 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 03:35 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 03:35 PM (i+pQm)
But would your really want any of what they got?
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 10, 2026 03:35 PM (XMwZJ)
1) Skeptical.
2) If she seems on the level and not saying she is a black ops deep cover Seal Team operator when she really worked in HR, they'd (I'd) be interested.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2026 03:35 PM (bss/y)
Exactly what I was thinking. You could make up anything, hell you could even invent positions on the team or entire sports. They don't like or follow sports, so they wouldn't even know if you were telling the truth or not. "Laqueesha Jacobin is the best tight guard on the whole Quiddich league, I bet she has more transassists than even Jameela Cruz!"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 03:36 PM (El6/E)
This pleases me that guys are actually asking women about their body count during the initial date(s). That's a good and simple way to screen against harlots/slores if a guy is interested in potential mate. Sure, the woman could lie, but modern women are more likely to get offended and sputter out something along the lines of "Body counts don't matter!".
Well, my chick, if body counts don't matter, why get bothered about answering a simple question?
Posted by: Thrawn at April 10, 2026 03:26 PM (9Ovst)
It's funny...it works both ways. When I was dating, I always asked on the 1st date b/c I was never gonna add to their count until we'd be wed, so if they cared about a score, it was over before it started.
Posted by: Nova Local at April 10, 2026 03:36 PM (tOcjL)
Methinks the ladyboi doth protest too much...
Ya know, gays use "methinks" a lot.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 03:36 PM (Riz8t)
"I'm wondering if I'll ever have someone to share my life with. Preferably asian. 18 to 24. No fatties."
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 03:36 PM (Sco7b)
Yep. There's nothing like the unexpected thrill you get when a gay guy impulsively slaps you on the ass.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 03:37 PM (guGkK)
The guy I'm dating said something along the lines of, 'Can you believe what that orange f*ck has said lately?' I literally lit up inside!
--heroiccan516
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LMAO, they are so easy.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:37 PM (vC6mJ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 03:37 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at April 10, 2026 03:37 PM (TudcJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 03:34 PM (guGkK)
I had sisters and cleaned women's restrooms for money in HS and college. I can talk tampons with anyone.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 03:37 PM (8avO+)
The inflation SHOT UP to 3.3% and the media is acting like its the Biden years again, but not saying Biden. Even with food and energy, its up to 3.9% which is not exactly danger territory.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 03:37 PM (El6/E)
What I'm getting at is a lot of liberal women are setting the bar pretty low because they don't have a choice if they are being honest with themselves.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 03:27 PM (dIske)
The ones that aren't ugly don't have to go to college because they can make at least 6 figures a year on OF.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 03:38 PM (iXqHn)
Back from when The Onion was funny: https://tinyurl.com/ycka3xz5
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 03:38 PM (sKqQm)
Muslim Activists Now Say The Alamo Is An Islamic Structure
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 03:37 PM (ndZc7)
How did that happen?
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 03:38 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 03:37 PM (ndZc7)
Come get some.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:38 PM (vC6mJ)
Posted by: Thrawn
I'm not sure why they would bother when they've been told to multiply whatever number the woman gives by five.
Why ask the question when you're automatically going to call the answer a lie?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 10, 2026 03:39 PM (C0Nlv)
I have a dark green stanley insulated cup (32oz?) I use at work. Because it was in my car.
I actually prefer the Hydraflasks you can get a kroger. Seems to do a better insulating job without being as bulky. You know what? A mechanical engineer would be interested in that assertion.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2026 03:39 PM (bss/y)
1) Skeptical.
2) If she seems on the level and not saying she is a black ops deep cover Seal Team operator when she really worked in HR, they'd (I'd) be interested.
I can speak to this from personal experience. My wife has a PhD in Analytical Chemistry, and she had more suitors than she knew what to do with at my lab. Her credentials in a male-dominated field made her even more of a prize. It's still a mystery why she chose me.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 03:39 PM (Riz8t)
This is the difference between a guy who wants to get laid, and a guy who wants a wife. It has nothing to do with politics. If all you want is a ride on the town bicycle, you don't care how many have been on that before.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 03:39 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 03:39 PM (i+pQm)
Derogatory! Exclusivists!
Buzzfeed has some explaining to do!
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2026 03:39 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 10, 2026 03:39 PM (C0Nlv)
The thing is: you know. We all know. You don't really need to ask most of the time.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2026 03:40 PM (bss/y)
You know how I can tell that Conway's a homo? He's wearing a New Yawk Yankees shirt.
The same signals would work if he were wearing a Red Sox shirt.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 03:40 PM (JoTi8)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 10, 2026 03:40 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 03:40 PM (Ia/+0)
"Nail polish on men usually indicates a progressive mindset. It's an expression of self that shouldn't be reserved for women."
____________
I was stewarding at a show last weekend and a male handler had three-inch polished nails. Maybe progressive women think that's great, but I doubt he'd be interested in them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 03:41 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 03:41 PM (AkEZC)
--heroiccan516
The correct response is "I'd like to believe you, I would, but those tricksy MAGAts lie at the drop of a hat. I'm afraid I'm going to have to see some actual proof of this "inside" assertion."
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 03:41 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Statue of Libertine at April 10, 2026 03:41 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:41 PM (vC6mJ)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 03:41 PM (V4IXI)
They started showing up in different colors. First 2 or 3, then 10, then a whole fucking skittle puking rainbow. Stores were overcome with Thermos bottle displays. It was like walking through a paint store with all the hues. They were *f-cking nice* though. I mean, desirable for some reason (I never bought one. I think my wife did) They were kinda small, maybe 12oz size because Japanese people don't drink a lot for some reason (OK, the reason is that they also don't sweat a lot.)
Then like 5-10 years after the peak the Stanley Cup thing happened in the USA. It was an interesting translation of a common technology and fashion - the SCs are for driving and fit in cup holder. The Thermos bottles are for taking to school or work. Both are stainless with neat colors (both are double walled, insulating, ...)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 03:42 PM (K56Oe)
Posted by: Oglebay at April 10, 2026 03:42 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: pudinhead at April 10, 2026 03:42 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2026 03:42 PM (bss/y)
If you are conversing about tampons more than once every 60 years, that's one time too many.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2026 03:42 PM (XV/Pl)
I suspect its more like:
He says he is an engineer (which means high paying job): she gushes
She says she is an engineer: guy is ambivalent.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 03:42 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 10, 2026 03:42 PM (i+pQm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 03:42 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 03:42 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2026 03:43 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 03:37 PM (ndZc7)
How did that happen?
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 03:38 PM (8avO+)
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A single Muslim went on a tour there, so now it's considered Muslim territory.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 03:43 PM (ESVrU)
They were probably written by guys trolling the shit out of it.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 10, 2026 03:43 PM (XMwZJ)
219 Posted by: SciVo at April 10, 2026 02:52 PM (Sy6m/)
No it will be human sacrifice. Starting with MAID.
It has all the ingredients. Worship of death, "compassion" turned on its ever-loving head, and it turns the stomachs of the sane.
Hence very easy to predict as the Next Thing.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 02:58 PM (vC6mJ)
Euthanize an Amerindian Tranny Fraudster with Long Covid for Palestinian Socialism! Perhaps there's no wrong guess, as all their pathologies will meld into a single massively malignant Omnicause.
Posted by: SciVo at April 10, 2026 03:43 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 03:43 PM (V4IXI)
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Snort.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 10, 2026 03:43 PM (n17eQ)
If you are conversing about tampons more than once every 60 years, that's one time too many.
I find that it comes up quite often.
Posted by: King Chuck at April 10, 2026 03:44 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 03:41 PM (tgvbd)
This. One of the best things about being a dude- we don't have to worry about our fucking nails. Break a nail? Rip the fucker down to the quick.
I have had several women tell me: 'Your nails are so nice!' and I'm like 'Is that an insult? Are you calling me gay?'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2026 03:44 PM (bss/y)
Muslim Activists Now Say The Alamo Is An Islamic Structure
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 03:37 PM (ndZc7)
How did that happen?
Posted by: Oldcat
They have no argument. They just want it to be that way.
Speaking of arguments, by the way . . .
Diddy files appeal, claims his parties were pornos protected by the 1st Amendment
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 03:44 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: pudinhead
.......
What do you think this is, your birthday or something?
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 03:44 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: pudinhead at April 10, 2026 03:44 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at April 10, 2026 03:44 PM (bufu1)
@ericswalwell
Here, add two more to my name. Fuck Donald Trump and fuck ICE.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 03:26 PM (ndZc7)
He’s still traumatized by the big bad CBP agent who demanded to see his passport at a PoE.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 10, 2026 03:44 PM (E6xSb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2026 03:45 PM (bss/y)
Typical AWFUL ignorant nonsense. She casually assumed this about people who don't share her left-wing pinko views.
Posted by: Rick67 at April 10, 2026 03:45 PM (38Xd9)
Posted by: NCKate at April 10, 2026 03:45 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at April 10, 2026 03:45 PM (Iwv3U)
Posted by: Dude who'd definitely going to die alone at April 10, 2026 03:45 PM (TbWk/)
Their first names are Ali, Hameed, Ibrahim, and Mohammed.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2026 03:45 PM (0sNs1)
She says she is an engineer: guy is ambivalent.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 03:42 PM (sKqQm)
guy is happy he doesn't have to explain math.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 03:45 PM (V4IXI)
That one should be easy to fake, because straight women don't follow the WNBA, either.
"Oh yeah, La'Karen Johnson is averaging a double-double this year for the Omaha Heifers. She's MVP material for sure."
Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2026 03:30 PM (VHUov)
Dont' say Caitlin Clark...
BLUE FLAG!
Posted by: Inogame at April 10, 2026 03:45 PM (53oGX)
A lavender marriage is a male–female mixed-orientation marriage undertaken as a marriage of convenience to conceal the socially stigmatized sexual orientation of one or both partners.
So, as she was approaching 40, she basically wanted to marry a gay guy with similar interests as a platonic support structure. Sad.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 10, 2026 03:45 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 03:41 PM (tgvbd)
Oooh, Happy Scritches!!!
Posted by: What the dogs are thinking at April 10, 2026 03:45 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Unkaren at April 10, 2026 03:46 PM (OTOad)
Dude, I've talked to women (not liberal at all) who flatly stated that Big Mike was beautiful. I informed them that they are wholly unqualified to define what is or is not beautiful to a man, and that Big Mike looked like an NFL linebacker, but with nice skin.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 10, 2026 03:46 PM (XMwZJ)
Hint: it's not an effeminate limp wristed dude who wants to talk about tampons and handsmaid marches
Posted by: brak at April 10, 2026 03:46 PM (jGJov)
I could see saying that the Alamo reflected Moorish architecture from Spain, but I don't think that was what was meant.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 03:46 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2026 03:45 PM (0sNs1)
No Lonny and Jugdish ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 03:46 PM (RHvlD)
Ya know, gays use "methinks" a lot.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 03:36 PM (Riz8t)
YOU BRUTE!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 03:46 PM (JoTi8)
but are you a confident heterosexual?
Thanks Ace - great one!
Posted by: A Moron at April 10, 2026 03:46 PM (anL5R)
So, as she was approaching 40, she basically wanted to marry a gay guy with similar interests as a platonic support structure. Sad.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 10, 2026 03:45 PM (ycI94)
I thought the term for that was "beard"
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 03:46 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2026 03:45 PM
Gimme a head with hair
Long, beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming
Streaming, flaxen, waxen
Give me down to there
Shoulder length or longer (Hair!)
Here baby, there mama
Everywhere daddy daddy
Hair, hair, hair, hair
Grow it, show it
Long as I can grow it
My hair
Posted by: The Cowsills at April 10, 2026 03:47 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little at April 10, 2026 03:48 PM (Kt19C)
"I'm a sassy black female astronaut that went to the moon and I gotta say, like, liberal men always want to know what the moon rock feels like and how my labia felt when they were squished together for so long inside that rocket, and they really sympathize,,where conservative men are always like 'yeah yeah moon rock, go back to the Waffle House, Blackie!'. Big blue flag!
-Anonymous, Female 38"
"I'm a woman who cured cancer last week and I love when a man isn't threatened by that. Conservative men will always ask HOW I cured cancer to see if I really know anything about science and then they get all quiet and embarrassed when I give them all my science and cancer knowledge, but liberal men always want to know what it FELT like to cure cancer, not just how I did it. That is a major blue flag when everything isn't always some big test or challenge.
Anonymous, Female 39"
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:48 PM (vC6mJ)
Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at April 10, 2026 03:48 PM (Iwv3U)
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 03:27 PM (dIske)
Due to muh male gaze, obviously, *sarc*.
Posted by: Thrawn at April 10, 2026 03:30 PM (9Ovst)
It would be like shooting fish in a barrel for a plain Jane. Just add some makeup, a dress, and a smile.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 03:31 PM (dK+Kv)
I came of age during Grunge...
I'd bet it's the same deal.
Posted by: Inogame at April 10, 2026 03:48 PM (53oGX)
US birth rate falls to lowest level on record in 2025
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 03:48 PM (UjdFS)
Dude, I've talked to women (not liberal at all) who flatly stated that Big Mike was beautiful. I informed them that they are wholly unqualified to define what is or is not beautiful to a man, and that Big Mike looked like an NFL linebacker, but with nice skin.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 10, 2026 03:46 PM (XMwZJ)
Liberals are assigned at birth to say Michelle Obama is beautiful. They even use similar phrasing to avoid being purged.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 03:48 PM (8avO+)
Hint: it's not an effeminate limp wristed dude who wants to talk about tampons and handsmaid marches
Posted by: brak at April 10, 2026 03:46 PM (jGJov)
Indeed, always watch someone's actions and not just their words if you want to know how they truly operate. My best friend found that out the hard way about his first wife - looked good on paper, Christian girl, all that, but he only found out how much of an act that all was 5 years into the marriage.
Posted by: Thrawn at April 10, 2026 03:48 PM (9Ovst)
She was always depressed that she wasn't able to find the kind of guy she wanted (and yes I think that included me) but she wouldn't take any advice on ways to improve her love life and I was suggested simple things...
And no she didn't take physical care of herself either.
Last I knew of her she was dating a MtF tranny and no she did not seem very happy about it
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 03:48 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 03:49 PM (guGkK)
So, as she was approaching 40, she basically wanted to marry a gay guy with similar interests as a platonic support structure. Sad.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 10, 2026 03:45 PM (ycI94)
____________
Except that nowadays gay guys can't wait to tell you how gay they are.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 03:49 PM (tgvbd)
Eliot Engel, Former Democrat Congressman Who Spearheaded Trump’s First Impeachment Dead at 79
Posted by: SMOD at April 10, 2026 03:49 PM (loAPd)
As he took his glass of wine
And I could see we both felt the same
And when his eyes met mine
I said, Who we love and why we love
It's hard to understand
Let's just sit here on the couch
And face this, man to man
My girl Bill (uh, uh)...
Posted by: Jim Stafford at April 10, 2026 03:49 PM (onPc6)
This is so typical of you conservative MAGA types. You just can't deal with a strong, successful woman.
Posted by: Elizabeth Holmes, CEO, Theranos at April 10, 2026 03:50 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 03:50 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 03:50 PM (0aYVJ)
Hint: it's not an effeminate limp wristed dude who wants to talk about tampons and handsmaid marches
Posted by: brak at April 10, 2026 03:46 PM (jGJov)
This. Confidence is 90%.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2026 03:50 PM (bss/y)
Scuse me while I get a tissue.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 10, 2026 03:51 PM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Cow Demon
Mostly grubby sweatshirts and somewhat ragged jeans. One girl had a cropped shirt to show of her piercing.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 10, 2026 03:51 PM (0U5gm)
Their first names are Ali, Hameed, Ibrahim, and Mohammed.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
British citizenship test now asks about Ramadan
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 03:51 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: 18-1
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Most female engineers I have known are very competitive against males, they suck as engineers, and they have round heels.
It would be like dating an autistic lesbian prozzie who you have to humor that she is competent.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 10, 2026 03:51 PM (K56Oe)
"But enough about me. Tell me about your tampons."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 03:49 PM
This Mr. Cicero guy. He gets it!!
Posted by: Tim Walz, helping to redefine Thoroughly Modern Masculinity at April 10, 2026 03:51 PM (0sNs1)
- Jeff Foxworthy (sort of)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 10, 2026 03:52 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2026 03:50 PM (bs
Women can't tell the difference between a confident man and asshole.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 03:52 PM (V4IXI)
He says he is an engineer (which means high paying job): she gushes
She says she is an engineer: guy is ambivalent.
Posted by: 18-1
Plus: She's smart and thinks logically.
Minus: She'll still want a man who's smarter, richer, and harder-working than she is.
Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2026 03:53 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2026 03:53 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: SMOD at April 10, 2026 03:49 PM (loAPd)
Good riddance.
Posted by: Waste Management at April 10, 2026 03:53 PM (onPc6)
Posted by: JROD at April 10, 2026 03:53 PM (PLgLU)
Posted by: Trannie enablers at April 10, 2026 03:53 PM (XeU6L)
Shocker.
Posted by: red speck at April 10, 2026 03:54 PM (Ve/HL)
Have you ever seen Disney's Beauty and the Beast? Know how Gaston has a bunch of women fawning over how "manly" he is but is obsessed with Belle because she's the one who can't stand him? Same basic principle.
Conservative woman are more likely to be religiously conservative and that means no hanky panky with online randos or even a new boyfriend. Even conservative men value getting laid before they are married.
They do it after they’re married too. The wife is for baby making, they go on Tinder for the fun sex.
Just look at grindr crashing at the GOP convention 👀
The fact there are many more liberal women than conservative can't be the whole story. I think truly conservative women are not just rare, but not that much fun either.
Conservative men and women don't like each other much. They don't feel empathy properly, which makes them shitty partners, even for other conservatives.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 10, 2026 03:54 PM (ycI94)
Talk about your double-entendre!
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 10, 2026 03:54 PM (XMwZJ)
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Yeah? Well, she could pull a plow better than Melania.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 03:54 PM (ndZc7)
Ummm, what is it about you that might encourage men to find out how big a slut you are? Might it be something in your behavior or manner that says to him, "She's been with a LOT of men"?
Or, what is it about your judgment in choosing men that they would all assume you're a slut?
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 03:54 PM (AtdJg)
if your brother's name is Buckley, you get a Blue Flag!
Posted by: buckler tarlson at April 10, 2026 03:55 PM (VrDSx)
Talk about your double-entendre!
lol I wan't even thinking that.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 10, 2026 03:55 PM (DgMqy)
When she finds out he's gayer than a three dollar bill she'll need a large anxiety bag.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2026 03:55 PM (abIsI)
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That's horrible. Anyway.....
Posted by: pudinhead at April 10, 2026 03:55 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 03:52 PM (V4IXI)
Well, yeah.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2026 03:55 PM (bss/y)
Hickory dickory dock, some chick was sucking my c---. The clock struck two, I dropped my goo. I dumped the bitch on the next block. End of story.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 10, 2026 03:55 PM (2ap+5)
"Conservatives" huh. Slutting around with liberal women?
Are these the same "conservatives" who then turn around and demand an athletic 36-34-36 virgin to marry?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 10, 2026 03:55 PM (C0Nlv)
The projection is strong with this one.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 03:55 PM (Riz8t)
Cue the video of Jordan Peterson talking about how you want a spouse you can contend with, not one that just follows you around, constantly praising your every move.
Posted by: red speck at April 10, 2026 03:56 PM (Ve/HL)
Gaston is dead. Apparently there is a lot of in-fighting over who's going to take over Glock.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2026 03:56 PM (0sNs1)
The projection is strong with this one.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 03:55 PM (Riz8t)
yeah the statement is overflowing with love and compassion.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 03:57 PM (8avO+)
Eliot Engel, Former Democrat Congressman Who Spearheaded Trump’s First Impeachment Dead at 79
___________
What's the leader board at the Masters?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 03:57 PM (tgvbd)
I bet they don't even like male cats.
Posted by: Inogame at April 10, 2026 03:26 PM (53oGX)
Sure they do. Neutering them is half the fun!
Posted by: InZona at April 10, 2026 03:57 PM (peFv8)
2. This is advice designed to sabotage fellow women in their attempts to find good mates. That leaves more available mates available to the advice-givers.
3. Every single one of these obnoxious commie bitches -- every single one -- would 100% fuck a Chad they met at the club, assuming he would be willing (doubtful).
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 10, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)
If he dances with his hands above his shoulders he's probably liberal.
If he drinks his mixed drink through the stirring straw he's probably liberal.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 03:57 PM (V4IXI)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 03:52 PM
Is this something we should tell TJM?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2026 03:57 PM (0sNs1)
So, my conservative wife and I have been living a lie for 38 years?
I hate to break this news to her later.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 03:58 PM (0aYVJ)
All that sucking, I guess.
Posted by: dagny at April 10, 2026 03:58 PM (chM/Q)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 03:58 PM (3uBP9)
Indeed. I think they need a sturdy wall they can drive into.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 10, 2026 03:58 PM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 10, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)
One of the newest trends is that men aren't showing up at clubs either.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 03:58 PM (8avO+)
When she finds out he's gayer than a three dollar bill she'll need a large anxiety bag.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2026 03:55 PM (abIsI)
All 'rons raise your hand if you have ever worn your sweater around your shoulders like that.
The thing is, one you only do that when you did not need the sweater in the first place. Two, you want to get the fuck rid of it as soon as possible so you do not have to carry it around- so you ditch it in the car (same as a jacket or coat.) Three, if you ever have tried it you feel two sensations:
1) Pretentious as fuck. Want to ask Muffy if she would like to check the tennis courts.
2) Feels gay. Like a signal. Fuck I do not want to signal anything. Can I just throw this sweater away? I mean, it's ok, but...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2026 03:58 PM (bss/y)
If he dances with his hands above his shoulders he's probably liberal.
If he drinks his mixed drink through the stirring straw he's probably liberal.
If he stirs his drink with his dork, he's probably an AOSHQ commenter.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 03:58 PM (Riz8t)
Do you know where he's interred so I can relieve myself on his grave?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 10, 2026 03:59 PM (abIsI)
Either the women who talk the loudest and most frequently are extremely atypical or I hit the PowerBall jackpot when I married Her Majesty.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 03:59 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 10, 2026 03:59 PM (BI5O2)
Second date: No Kings Rally
Third date: audience at The View
SCORE
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 03:59 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: SMOD
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Here richly, with ridiculous display,
The Politician's corpse was laid away.
While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged
I wept: for I had longed to see him hanged.
Posted by: Hilaire Belloc at April 10, 2026 04:00 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
First, I'd have to buy a sweater.....
Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2026 04:00 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 10, 2026 04:00 PM (Y6K7e)
All that sucking, I guess.
Posted by: dagny at April 10, 2026 03:58 PM (chM/Q)
*sigh* I actually use the straw. I find I drink more when I do. Cannot quite explain the mechanism.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2026 04:00 PM (bss/y)
The reasoning is that if a man doesn't bring it up, it means he doesn't want to be asked the same question about his body count because it's so high. So he avoids the topic completely.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 10, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)
He says he is an engineer (which means high paying job): she gushes
She says she is an engineer: guy is ambivalent.
Posted by: 18-1
_________________
Hey, not everyone likes trains. They should, but not everyone does.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 04:00 PM (dIske)
Conservative women are rarer, get married younger, and stay married longer, so if you are an over 29 year old man looking for a female partner most of the women you will meet will be leftwing.
And then of course you also have the Chad McChaddington types just looking for some sex and Connie Conservative is less likely to give you a one night stand then Linda Liberal so you are going to be looking for Linda. Yeah she'll talk about tampons for Ukraine or whatever and Chad will nod his head right up until he "seals the deal".
But...you aren't calling Linda back the next day either...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 04:00 PM (sKqQm)
2) Feels gay. Like a signal. Fuck I do not want to signal anything. Can I just throw this sweater away? I mean, it's ok, but...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2026 03:58 PM (bss/y)
I don't wear sweaters often, but if I decide to wear it I just wear it.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 04:00 PM (8avO+)
1. "He's definitely left-leaning if he's not afraid of the word tampons."
--Anonymous, 45, Female, Chicago
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Doesn't Anonymous comment here a lot?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 10, 2026 04:01 PM (p2Swi)
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When I took my eldest to Big State College U., about half the girls were fit and wore black leggings, belly shirts and long straight hair. Almost like a uniform. They were like creatures in the wild advertising their fertility.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 10, 2026 04:01 PM (Dv3i1)
It comes across as just a bit "too on the nose" for the stereotypes it's depicting.
Probably better suited for a Netflix sitcom.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 04:01 PM (AkEZC)
I love men, and I'm not remotely frightened of the manly ones. They're less likely to be dangerous than the pussies.
Posted by: dagny at April 10, 2026 04:01 PM (chM/Q)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 03:58 PM (Riz8t
The drink has a little wang to it ( paraphrasing Hollywood Knights)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 04:01 PM (V4IXI)
Trains are fun, just bring lube.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 10, 2026 04:01 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
I resort to a quote from Office Space:
"No....No, dude. You get your ass kicked for something like that."
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 10, 2026 04:01 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 04:01 PM (n3VHW)
For 20 years, the Ngogo chimps of Uganda's Kibale National Park 'were living the good life by being together,' Mitani said. They helped one another, dominated and killed apes from neighboring groups, expanded their territory and boosted their babies' chances of survival.
But in 2015, the group started splitting into two clusters. Several male chimps who had bridged cliques within the larger group died from disease, weakening social ties. Around the same time, a new alpha male rose to dominance.
. . . .
More than 24 apes have died so far as a result of the conflict, Mitani said. The true death toll is probably higher; given that there are so many chimps in a large area, some deaths go unrecorded, according to the study.
https://is.gd/swQZKB
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Dude, this is Africa, not Chicago!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 04:02 PM (ndZc7)
All 'rons raise your hand if you have ever worn your sweater around your shoulders like that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
__________
Two things that look stupid.
- Men with sweaters tied around shoulders
- Women with sweaters tied around waist
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 10, 2026 04:02 PM (tgvbd)
Second date: No Kings Rally
Third date: audience at The View
SCORE
Posted by: wth
Coffee date? Pass. I deserve much more. Put in some effort. How about drinks at a bar during drag queen night?!?!?
Posted by: Entitled Liberal Women at April 10, 2026 04:02 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 04:02 PM (3uBP9)
I wonder. Perhaps they prefer a guy who's a proven Chad? Dunno.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 04:02 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at April 10, 2026 04:03 PM (0bjKf)
I would definitely leave my wife of 35 years for one of these Einsteinian Hot Babes ..............
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 10, 2026 04:03 PM (WQvhz)
They may be conservative, but they're still guys.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 10, 2026 04:03 PM (XMwZJ)
Huh? What adult male -- even the red-blooded MAGA alphas -- is afraid of the word "tampon"? That's stupid and childish. I keep tampons at my apartment ... just in case. And yea, I bought them myself at the store. And no, I wasn't embarrassed or squeamish.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 10, 2026 04:03 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Agammamon at April 10, 2026 04:03 PM (NRQST)
They had all been picking crops earlier from what I could tell. Those barrel jeans are hideous. No wonder sex is down.
Posted by: dagny at April 10, 2026 04:03 PM (chM/Q)
Posted by: Advice for the liberal lovelorn at April 10, 2026 04:03 PM (cHRsY)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2026 04:03 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: buckler tarlson at April 10, 2026 04:04 PM (VrDSx)
Rake?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 04:04 PM (Riz8t)
Or they will be called "dogs" or some such.
But overall a "moderate" level of experience is expected. I was watching a comedy reel the other day and the joke was that after accepting a date with a new guy a woman and her friends had to identify wthat his body count was because if it was "too low, like 3" he was a loser and if it was "too high, like 64" it was gross.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)
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Yep. Stanley Thermos is king. Don't fuck up the cup, though.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 10, 2026 04:04 PM (n17eQ)
Some people call that "directing the conversation to mutual points of interest"
Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 10, 2026 03:31 PM (C0Nlv)
It's also, possibly, men confusing "mechanical engineer" for "mechanic". A lot of people confuse those concepts in their head, I think. And they do partly because most mechanical engineers love them some machines - because part of machines is mechanical engineering.
But she's complaining about it as if it's a male thing, and it's not. It's more an engineer thing.
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 04:04 PM (AtdJg)
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 10, 2026 03:52 PM
Is this something we should tell TJM?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2026 03:57 PM (0sNs1)
Yes, but you'll have to verbally communicate it since he's illiterate.
Posted by: In keeping with the meme at April 10, 2026 04:04 PM (TbWk/)
LBGQTRFHJUBFDSEWC VBMIYTEWX CGFBKBPESWD+
CUMMUNITY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: A Proud Canadian at April 10, 2026 04:05 PM (T6FAi)
I wonder. Perhaps they prefer a guy who's a proven Chad? Dunno.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 04:02 PM (Riz8t)
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Some women do prefer Chads. They are usually the ladies ones looking to put as many fine notches on their belt as the Chads are. But my comment was directed to women looking for a real mate.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 10, 2026 04:05 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 10, 2026 04:05 PM (XMwZJ)
If you say "how about that traffic tonight," and they reply "yeah, what a bummer," they're fine. If they start in about how it's Trump's fault, or how we're all going to die because of all those tailpipes and their exhaust, you're in for a bad night.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 10, 2026 04:05 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 04:01 PM (n3VHW)
rake, bounder, cad. There used to be such terms.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 04:06 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Interesting at April 10, 2026 04:06 PM (nWYRG)
- Men with sweaters tied around shoulders
- Women with sweaters tied around waist
I'd tie it around my waist to free my hands as needed. Not going for a look.
Posted by: dagny at April 10, 2026 04:06 PM (chM/Q)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 04:02 PM (3uBP9)
I have a Yeti with my company's logo on it (slapped a Quilter's Irish Death beer sticker on it). And I have a Yukon with the Buc-ee's logo. Neither have straws. The only time I use a straw is if I am in the car after visiting McDonald's.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 10, 2026 04:06 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 04:02 PM (Riz8t)
Guys who already have girls do seem to be more attractive to certain women, it seems to be true. I wonder if their are other factors though (Chris Rock's bit.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2026 04:06 PM (bss/y)
It's like all these weird reddit-addled harridans have completely forgot what being human is.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2026 04:06 PM (w9XzI)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)
Women want guys that other women want. That's why most normal guys these days aren't getting any while the chicks are all sharing Chads and Tyrones.
Posted by: Simply a cruel fact of modern life at April 10, 2026 04:07 PM (TbWk/)
Disagree a bit.
I think asshole are confident, and being confident is more important then being nice.
So yes, given a choice between Nice and Confident or Mean and Confident pretty much all women choose the first, but if you force them to choose between nice and confident, nice will usually lose.
And seriously, if you are a single guy learning to appear confident is the single most important thing you can do
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 04:07 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: fd - Would you like to buy a slightly used affirmation? at April 10, 2026 04:07 PM (vFG9F)
I'll tell you about the good ones when I meet one.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 04:07 PM (KVa9+)
Posted by: pahound at April 10, 2026 04:07 PM (HJCDN)
Can confirm.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 04:07 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 04:08 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at April 10, 2026 04:03 PM (0bjKf)
I'd ask for proof first. Lying is free.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 04:08 PM (8avO+)
LBGQTRFHJUBFDSEWC VBMIYTEWX CGFBKBPESWD+
CUMMUNITY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: A Proud Canadian
Soo brave! You shud be the end of the Rainbow Railroad to help refugeeze escape Trump's Queeracaust!!!!
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein at April 10, 2026 04:09 PM (ycI94)
I can.
But I'm repressing assholery myself.
Posted by: dagny at April 10, 2026 04:09 PM (chM/Q)
Posted by: Entitled Liberal Women
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How am I going to recognize you in a crowded bar when you look nothing like your on-line profile pic?
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 04:09 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2026 04:09 PM (w9XzI)
Posted by: pahound at April 10, 2026 04:07 PM (HJCDN)
Tell that to the team that left it behind on a frozen lake. It was even lost for an entire spring and summer once.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 04:09 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: fd - Would you like to buy a slightly used affirmation? at April 10, 2026 04:09 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Peaches at April 10, 2026 04:09 PM (vWBRj)
My guess is none of them or a single digit percentage are even Applebee's 4s.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 04:09 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Another cruel fact of life at April 10, 2026 04:09 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2026 04:09 PM (YwEeS)
Go for it Babes and enjoy a life with a person that does not care about you and only themselves and when your 60 Y/O and Homeless then Uncle Gavin is there to save you in a Shit-hole Blue City..
Nice Cardboard boxes from a Washer and Dryer are great place to spend your Golden Years next to the CVS Garbage Dumpster....
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 10, 2026 04:09 PM (rvNIn)
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 04:08 PM (8avO+)
Fifty bucks and he put a sticker on his car.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 10, 2026 04:10 PM (w9XzI)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)
Women want guys that other women want. That's why most normal guys these days aren't getting any while the chicks are all sharing Chads and Tyrones.
Posted by: Simply a cruel fact of modern life at April 10, 2026 04:07 PM (TbWk/)
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What a weird topic for dates. I had no idea of my husband's past til we were engaged? Honestly, no idea when the subject came up. Nor did I have him tested for STD's as there was no reason.
Granted, after HIV and I was dating, that test might have crossed my mind for him (and I would have it as well to be fair).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 04:10 PM (WONhk)
Guy in my friend group was getting divorced, and a based female in my friend group told him to keep the ring when he goes out dating.
Seems...wrong...but he also had a new girlfriend pretty soon.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 04:10 PM (sKqQm)
I could see a runup track to a ramp, RevRev! and at at the exact perfect moment, eh..hem, Jump!
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 04:10 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 04:10 PM (ndZc7)
Hey😉 I don't think people use that term anymore, but it would have been amusing to ask my future husband that on our first date. He studied English so he probably would know the reference. And if he asked me "Are you the town bicycle?" I could have looked at him innocently and said " Well, I HAVE. a bicycle." Fortunately there were no weird questions from either of us. That was in the Middle Ages.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 04:10 PM (n3VHW)
"WATCH: Pro-Palestine protesters STORM Ministry of Defence and HASSLE Royal Navy Officers"
subhead: "BREAKING: Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters have taken to the streets of Central London unexpectedly, marching towards the Ministry of Defence and targeting Royal Navy Officers. GB News' Mark White reports."
Me: Unexpectedly!
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2026 04:10 PM (rj6Yv)
They mean they were lazy and had no ideas so they asked their commenters to write a post for them.
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Maybe not. There's a "written in-house by the staff" whiff to this. Like Letters to Penthouse.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 10, 2026 04:10 PM (SBmuB)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
You only need language like that to describe the ones who defy expectations.
40-something woman chasing 20-year-old men?
"Cougar."
40-something man chasing 20-year-old women?
"Normal."
Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2026 04:10 PM (VHUov)
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My Stanley thermos is fine except the cup got all fucked up somehow. Won't screw on - bent.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 10, 2026 04:10 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: SciVo at April 10, 2026 04:11 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Simply a cruel fact of modern life
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Modern life my ass.
Posted by: Grok, tribal waste mgmt at April 10, 2026 04:11 PM (anL5R)
IRAN SAYS TALKS WITH U.S. TO BEGIN IF 'PRECONDITIONS ARE ACCEPTED' -IRANIAN MEDIA
What are those preconditions?
1) ceasefire in Lebanon
2) release of Iran’s blocked assets
Will they even get into the negotiating room to start talks?
I'm sure this a lot of pre-game bluster.
Posted by: WisRich at April 10, 2026 04:11 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Taylor at April 10, 2026 04:11 PM (SzQwW)
Posted by: Wally at April 10, 2026 04:11 PM (65cLN)
Posted by: SciVo at April 10, 2026 04:11 PM (Sy6m/)
Go for it Babes and enjoy a life with a person that does not care about you and only themselves and when your 60 Y/O and Homeless then Uncle Gavin is there to save you in a Shit-hole Blue City..
Nice Cardboard boxes from a Washer and Dryer are great place to spend your Golden Years next to the CVS Garbage Dumpster....
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 10, 2026 04:11 PM (rvNIn)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 04:02 PM (3uBP9)
Not true, entirely. A lot of men stopped buying Yetis when ... they either went all anti-gun, all pro-DiD, or raged on Trump.
Also, using the thermos as a weapon, while very feasible with the right setup and construction, would not be a flail. A flail would be two or more sticks connected by bits of chain. Or, possibly a handle with chains attached to the end. A thermos would work as a club with an sturdy handle on it. An alternate selection criteria might be how it would work as a hammer or support under one end of a board you're cutting.
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 04:12 PM (AtdJg)
Posted by: wth at April 10, 2026 04:12 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
I resort to a quote from Office Space:
"No....No, dude. You get your ass kicked for something like that."
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 10, 2026 04:01
Their whole wish list fits this quote but I'm 29 so...
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2026 04:12 PM (6z5U/)
"Normal."
Now they're calling such men pedos and groomers. Which is nonsense from a purely factual perspective, but nonsense is the common currency these days.
Posted by: When did everything go so wrong? at April 10, 2026 04:13 PM (TbWk/)
LOLGF. This happened to me recently. Met a hottie, seemed cool, and exchanged numbers. Started texting. She soon starts complaining about her period. Ok, I thought, some girls get bad periods, so many I could earn points by cheering her up.
So I made a few jokes about men are lucky to not have to deal with that, but we have to watch out zipping up our pants so we don't get our balls caught in the zipper. It was obviously a joke, obviously intended to at least get a smile. Her reaction? She jumped down my throat, like I insulted her and all women.
I blocked that bitch. Dodged a bullet!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 10, 2026 04:13 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2026 04:09 PM (YwEeS)
Cheating with them is another category entirely.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 04:13 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 10, 2026 04:13 PM (rvNIn)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 04:14 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 04:14 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 04:15 PM (3uBP9)
"Normal."
Now they're calling such men pedos and groomers. Which is nonsense from a purely factual perspective, but nonsense is the common currency these days.
Posted by: When did everything go so wrong? at April 10, 2026 04:13 PM (TbWk/)
That's never going to work outside the grimly worried 30-40 year old set of women. Women in their 20s spent lots of times with older dudes with money to spend on them and places for them to travel to.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 04:15 PM (8avO+)
This is known and I can attest to it. My theory is that women see you with another woman and figure you've been vetted, you're safe and acceptable.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 04:15 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at April 10, 2026 04:03 PM (0bjKf)
I'd ask for proof first. Lying is free.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 04:08 PM (8avO+)
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He was a partner at Wachtel. Major NYC law firm. Partners there make millions of dollars a year. So yea, he could easily have a million bucks laying around. Do I think the fat fucker actually donated a million? No.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 10, 2026 04:16 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: pookysgirl, clearly sarcastic at April 10, 2026 04:17 PM (Wt5PA)
The difference now is that the hottest 1% is a huger area. Before it was "the hottest guy in my work or living area." Now its "the hottest guy in the entire nation or even world" with dating aps.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 04:17 PM (El6/E)
This is known and I can attest to it. My theory is that women see you with another woman and figure you've been vetted, you're safe and acceptable.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 04:15 PM (El6/E)
I remember a waitress hitting on the husband of a coworker once. She was steaming, we were all right there.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 04:17 PM (8avO+)
The first (and the one I was thinking of) was they dropped the NRA Foundation and would no longer sell items to them.
The second was last year when they cancelled a bulk order for an organization because it's logo (really the name of the organization) had "conservative women" among the words on it. They said that violated their policy of not personalizing items with "political text."
Posted by: GWB at April 10, 2026 04:18 PM (AtdJg)
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2026 04:09 PM (YwEeS)
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At a work party once, after over 5yrs of marriage, a female engineer was hitting on my husband with me sitting next to him. He was wearing our second son on his back at the time.
I knew, first of all, my husband. Second that she was no competition for me.
When we left I mentioned her flirting with him and he seemed honestly shocked as he did not notice.
I learned later she has the reputation of sleeping with anyone who would let her.
All this to say that I never worried when he traveled. He'd call me after dinner from his hotel and I was home with the chimps. I mean, when you've got it all waiting at home why bother?
He also knew I would come close to killing him, take him for every cent he was worth, and take our boys to go live with my parents. That message was clear without him asking.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 04:18 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 10, 2026 04:16 PM (iFTx/)
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Some article I read about this said he's worth around 24 million. On the interwebz. Must be true.
Posted by: Turn 2 at April 10, 2026 04:18 PM (axVu6)
You notice that when a 40 year old guy dates a 20 year old, all the women hate on the man... and say nothing about the girl.
I find it odd that a man would want to hang out with a 20 year old in a relationship. I think my 20something cousins are nice enough at family picnics but I wouldn't want to build a life with them.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 04:19 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: DaveA at April 10, 2026 04:20 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 04:19 PM (El6/E)
You also don't want to build a life with the baggage a 35 year old woman can carry in.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 04:20 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 10, 2026 04:02 PM (3uBP9)
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My 30 ounce beer and cocktail roaders are RTIC. 1/3 the price and work just as well.
A 30 oz roadmaster means you don't have to keep going back to home base campsite to refill.... so much. Why 30 oz, two full beers and half in your cup and half down while you refill.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 04:22 PM (xvV+O)
If you say "how about that traffic tonight," and they reply "yeah, what a bummer," they're fine. If they start in about how it's Trump's fault, or how we're all going to die because of all those tailpipes and their exhaust, you're in for a bad night.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 10, 2026 04:05 PM (BI5O2)
I had an acquaintance who was like this, but about Mormons.
No matter what you said to him, he'd find a way to turn it into a rant about Mormons.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 04:25 PM (iXqHn)
At my age, I have too much of my own baggage to complain about others
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 04:25 PM (El6/E)
"But enough about me. Tell me about your tampons."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 03:49 PM (guGkK)
Go on . . . *takes notes*
Posted by: King Chuck at April 10, 2026 04:25 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Chunk at April 10, 2026 04:27 PM (9AdGW)
What bullshit. My surname is a guessing game if you ain’t from around my part of the country. I’ve never gotten offended by people who can’t pronounce it, I’ve known it doesn’t sound like it looks since I learned how to spell.
Posted by: Clay at April 10, 2026 04:29 PM (4rt3O)
Women have turned into a great big pain in the ass. Way more than the ten minutes once a couple weeks is worth.
Bring on the sex-bots.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 04:39 PM (KVa9+)
Posted by: Dodd at April 10, 2026 04:47 PM (0ltTz)
Posted by: tsj017 at April 10, 2026 04:53 PM (xakWh)
He really is the best at giving warnings."
He's pretty damn good at bombing the fuck out of someone as well.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 10, 2026 05:08 PM (u5xQp)
Huh? What adult male -- even the red-blooded MAGA alphas -- is afraid of the word "tampon"? That's stupid and childish. I keep tampons at my apartment ... just in case. And yea, I bought them myself at the store. And no, I wasn't embarrassed or squeamish.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 10, 2026 04:03 PM (iFTx/)
I've never got the whole "embarrassed to buy tampons" dealio. I mean, if you've ever been in any kind of longish term relationship with a woman, you've probably had to buy tampons for her at some point. Just goes with the territory.
What? You're embarrassed your girlfriend/wife has a vagina? Yeeesh.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 10, 2026 05:30 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: naturalfake's Ice Breakers #32 at April 10, 2026 05:33 PM (iJfKG)
That's because they AREN'T paying 'almost twice' you stupid, lying, snarling twat.
Nobody is.
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at April 10, 2026 07:39 PM (pE12i)
Putin Mocks Effete Effeminate Rent-Boy-Associate Keir Starmer
Putin has been sending his illegal sanctioned "Shadow Fleet" oil tankers through England's bathtub -- or its former bathtub, as you'll see -- the English Channel.
Keir Starmer told Putin to stop using the Channel for the illegal transport of sanctioned oil or he'd seize the shadow ships. And you know that when Keir Starmer acts tough, people take notice. So Putin sent his own warships into the Channel to protect the ships. England used to own the English Channel. Owning the English Channel protected it from invasion many times, from the French during the 100 Years War though World War II. Operation Sea Lion, I think Hitler called the plan to invade England, cancelled because the Nazis realized any attempt to reach English shores would result in disaster. And now? Not only does England no longer "own the seas," it can't even patrol its own Channel.They have one (1) deployable destroyer, which is a light-middleweight warship. This should be a class of warship England can deploy dozens of.
Russian frigate escorts sanctioned tankers through British waters despite PM's vow to seize vessels Vladimir Putin has openly defied Sir Keir Starmer's threat to seize sanctioned Russian vessels by sending a warship to escort them through the Channel. The Admiral Grigorovich, a Black Sea fleet frigate, accompanied a pair of shadow fleet ships on Wednesday while a British naval vessel followed behind. Positioned on the Royal Charlotte, a boat almost 10 miles from Dover, The Telegraph observed Putin's flotilla cruising past the south coast while RFA Tideforce, a Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker, trailed in their wake. Last month, Sir Keir gave special forces the authority to capture the armada of rusted ships illegally ferrying oil to support Russia's war in Ukraine, saying he would hit the shadow fleet "even harder" if they sailed through British waters. However, Britain is yet to seize a single Russian vessel. The Prime Minister has repeatedly faced criticism regarding the state of the Royal Navy and Britain's Armed Forces. After an Iranian-made drone hit RAF Akrotiri, HMS Dragon, Britain's only deployable destroyer, was sent to the Middle East, but took three weeks to arrive and has already had to return to port as it suffers water supply issues.
England is a tiny gay poodle with a big bark and big ideas about how the world should be run with absolutely no capacity to actually act. Their idea of "acting" is to whine at the US into doing its bidding.
In a speech on Saturday, Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, is expected to pile further pressure on Sir Keir, urging him to publish the long-delayed defence investment plan. She will state that there is "no plan for rearming Britain". Donald Trump, the US president, has previously described the Navy's two aircraft carriers as "toys" while his defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, mocked Britain's "big, bad Royal Navy". ... Admiral Grigorovich -- a 3,620-ton frigate armed with anti-ship, cruise and surface-to-air missiles -- sailed between the two 600ft tankers Universal and Enigma shortly after 9am on Wednesday as they headed west toward Plymouth. Universal reportedly departed from the Russian port of Vysotsk on Jan 18. The Russian-flagged tanker is believed to be on a mission to deliver crude oil to bolster the Kremlin's coffers, which are straining to fund Putin's war machine. In September, she was outlawed in British waters for attempting to "destabilise Ukraine or undermine or threaten" Kyiv by exporting oil from Russia to fund its invasion.
Russia sent a warship to escort sanctioned tankers through the English Channel despite PM Starmer’s threat to seize shadow-fleet ships passing through British waters.
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) April 9, 2026
On Wednesday, the Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich - a 3,620-ton warship armed with anti-ship, cruise, and… pic.twitter.com/jl5itaefHq
Jonathan Turley
@JonathanTurley This week is the 44th anniversary of the Falklands War between Great Britain and Argentina. This week, the British Navy is struggling to put a single destroyer to sea to protect its assets. https://thetimes.com/uk/defence/art
icle/royal-navy-warship-protecting-britain-iran-rv5cz0qsl
Argentina is now saying it wants the Falklands back... ...After years of neglect, Britain appears to have abandoned its naval power.
John BulkeleyI linked that to emphasize: the vaunted British Navy no longer controls the English Channel. Which had been its birthright and highest priority for 500 years.
@bulkeley_john Starmer and the UK just allowed 2 Shadow Fleet tankers and a Russian frigate to sail right by the UK in the English Channel and didn't lift a finger to stop them, even though Starmer said weeks ago that the UK would start seizing Shadow Fleet tankers. If Britain can't even defend the English Channel these days, do you honestly think it can defend the Falkland Islands? This is what happens when you let your Navy and armed forces deteriorate over the years, deterrence fails and you become an impotent faded power unable to project power anywhere on the globe.
I saw an item claiming that only five of the vaunted British surface fleet is seaworthy.
John Ʌ Konrad V
@johnkonrad Apr 8 The Royal Navy is no longer fit for service in NATO. In August 2022, HMS Prince of Wales sailed out of Portsmouth to cross the Atlantic for joint exercises with the US Navy. She was the pride of the modern Royal Navy. A four-billion-pound aircraft carrier. The flagship of Global Britain. She made it about 20 miles. Then the propeller shaft coupling sheared & one of only two carriers in the entire British fleet limped back to port and spent the better part of a year in dry dock while American carriers did the work Britain had promised to do. That's the Royal Navy in 2026. It's a museum with a TickTock account. I've called the Canadian Navy a glorified Coast Guard but the UK can't even keep migrant boats off its shores. Nelson had over 100 ships of the line at Trafalgar. The fleet that fought WW2 had over 900 warships. ...
Today the Royal Navy has roughly 70 commissioned vessels. Maybe 15 of them are meaningful surface combatants.
It sounds marginally ok but any given day, a significant percentage are in dry dock, undermanned, or waiting for spare parts. And China launches more tonnage in a quarter than the Royal Navy possesses in total. You do not rule the waves. You do not rule the Channel. You rule a Wikipedia.
And it gets worse. ... All six Type 45 destroyers, the backbone of Britain's air defense fleet, had to be pulled back for emergency refits because their engines lose power in warm water. Read that again. They were practically useless in the Red Sea because they don't have enough missiles and you didn't buy the anti-air computers for their deck guns. Your last few nuclear submarine launches went plop and instead of trying again or calling the American missile manufacturer to court... you shrugged. This is the nuclear deterrent that is supposed to be the foundation of British sovereignty, the reason Britain sits at the UN Security Council, the last credible claim to great power status. It fell in the water next to the boat. Your ancestors circumnavigated the globe in wooden ships powered by rope and canvas. You built a billion-pound destroyer that overheats off Bahrain. Your frigates are too few to cover your own approaches. When Russian submarines transit the English Channel, the French Navy often shadows them because the Royal Navy cannot respond in time. The French. In your Channel. Protecting you. Nelson ain't spinning in his tomb. He's in the Atlantic laughing at you. Americans patrol the Gulf you depend on for energy. Americans keep Taiwan's chips flowing to your factories. Americans are the reason the Houthis have not fully closed the Red Sea to British-flagged shipping. We are happy to help until now. Until Starmer tried selling off our only base in the Indian Oceans then refused to let us land planes. OUR OWN BASE Yes he relented but only under pressure. We will help protect your interests but on one condition: DO NOTHING No selling bases
No overflight refusals
No more dock denials in Gibraltar
No crazy ROE debates
No politicians demeaning us in debates
No threating Elon Musk And no more 134 Royal Navy Admirals in cosplaying aboard your 15 broken warships. Tell them to hang up their uniforms and go home. OR STAND UP, make the king overthrow parliament & fund a proper navy Fight for your birthright or F*ck off. Your choice.
🚨 JUST IN: The greatest Sec. of State Marco Rubio just WALKED OUT with NATO SecGen Mark Rutte
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 8, 2026
Rutte has repeatedly told Europe they should STOP taking free rides off the United States and listen to President Trump
Thank you for standing up for America, Marco! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/I2mdG8T45R
🚨 JUST IN: UK PM Keir Starmer is being RIPPED worldwide after proclaiming, "we just reached a ceasefire"
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 8, 2026
The UK REFUSED to help President Trump and had NO role in pulling this off.
It's not "WE," not even close! 🤡pic.twitter.com/zYfxTiYz9u
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 02:11 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 02:11 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 02:13 PM (Sco7b)
how does that happen?
also some poor brit made fun of Keir's claim that he was somehow involved in the cease fire and ...guess what happened next
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 10, 2026 02:13 PM (j+aD2)
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Hello - The Spanish Armada anyone?
Posted by: pudinhead at April 10, 2026 02:14 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Nazdar at April 10, 2026 02:15 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 02:15 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: pudinhead at April 10, 2026 02:15 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 02:15 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: huerfano at April 10, 2026 02:15 PM (98kQX)
In 2026, the Royal Navy is a joke. While the United States Navy is powerful enough to fulfill its duties, it remains to be seen whether it will be permitted to do so.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at April 10, 2026 02:16 PM (cmzyd)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 02:16 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Zeno the Stoic at April 10, 2026 02:16 PM (Zo5VZ)
Trump should offer to patrol it and rename it The American Channel.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 02:16 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Some French Guy at April 10, 2026 02:17 PM (cmzyd)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 02:18 PM (IXZGh)
Posted by: Keir Starmer at April 10, 2026 02:18 PM (8yx7s)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 02:18 PM (rJ7Hd)
Posted by: Good times, good times at April 10, 2026 02:18 PM (hEFPD)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 02:18 PM (IXZGh)
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Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 02:18 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2026 02:18 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Keir Starmer at April 10, 2026 02:18 PM (8yx7s)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2026 02:18 PM (aZm/F)
Keir, rhymes with queer
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 10, 2026 02:18 PM (xG4kz)
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never will be slaves.
New hotness:
We lead the world in ginger reverts to Islam, Praise be to Allah!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 10, 2026 02:18 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 02:16 PM
That little body of water military age Muslim men cross to get into England channel.
Posted by: huerfano at April 10, 2026 02:18 PM (98kQX)
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Trump should offer to patrol it and rename it The American Channel.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 02:16 PM (n7rxJ)
Wouldn't surprise me if we end up owning it...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 02:19 PM (FtULh)
Trump should offer to patrol it and rename it The American Channel.
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As long as we get toll booths at both exits. Same deal with the Persian Gulf and Gulf of America.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 10, 2026 02:19 PM (n17eQ)
It doesn’t deserve that. Name it after a state. Call it The Greenland Channel.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 10, 2026 02:19 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 02:19 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 02:16 PM (n7rxJ)
That's funny. Trump and Putin should work together and make it happen.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 02:19 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Keir Starmer at April 10, 2026 02:20 PM (8yx7s)
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 10, 2026 02:20 PM (j+aD2)
if you have a brother named Buckley, chances are you are in the 'top 10% of the top 1%'.
Posted by: buckler tarlson at April 10, 2026 02:20 PM (VrDSx)
Posted by: Keir Starmer at April 10, 2026 02:20 PM (8yx7s)
Posted by: Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Prinz Eugen at April 10, 2026 02:21 PM (wVcYX)
But I mean that in a nice way.
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2026 02:21 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 02:21 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 02:21 PM (2ocoG)
After that fiasco, Philip rebuilt the navy and inflicted several defeats upon the English. The English stayed on the back foot until James I (VI, Scots) created the British Navy.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 02:21 PM (gKWVE)
It's like I don't even know you guys.
It should be renamed The Gorilla Channel.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 02:22 PM (2ocoG)
It is heartbreaking what England has done to themselves.
We were there a little over 20 years ago and it was a wonderful experience.
There is no way they can go back to what they were.
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 02:22 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 02:22 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at April 10, 2026 02:22 PM (V362x)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 10, 2026 02:22 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 10, 2026 02:22 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 10, 2026 02:22 PM (xcxpd)
Is this the white colonialism guilt virus?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 02:22 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 02:21 PM (2ocoG)
My poodle pup resents the comparison with Keir.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 02:22 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 02:22 PM (pDt9x)
So does my Doodle
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 02:23 PM (FtULh)
WWI really effed them up
also LOVE The Gorilla Channel
I think Vlad would get on board
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 10, 2026 02:24 PM (j+aD2)
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And, what are they doing with the money they don't use on their Navy? They fund Socialistic projects like a nationalized healthcare under NIH. Then they belittle the healthcare system in the US as barbaric and uncivilized, while the US makes up the difference on their ineffective military.
Last laugh time is coming.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 02:24 PM (dIske)
Posted by: python, monty at April 10, 2026 02:24 PM (edU/H)
Rum, sodomy and the lash never ends well
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 02:24 PM (JoTi8)
Russia... "your" pool? *snickers* Pisses in pool.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 02:22 PM (AkEZC)
Russians don't take a dump without a plan.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 10, 2026 02:24 PM (NtVYv)
Queer Starmer*
*An Original Ace O'Spades mockery
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 02:24 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 10, 2026 02:24 PM (58h0r)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 02:24 PM (nyTxL)
At least we have Trump. If a good successor takes the reins in 2028 we might even mostly finish recovering.
Posted by: RandomDave at April 10, 2026 02:25 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 02:22 PM (pDt9x)
So does my Doodle
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 02:23 PM (FtULh)
Good dogs, Doodles. My guy is already 48 pounds and 24 inches high at seven months.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 02:25 PM (pDt9x)
Rum, sodomy and the lash never ends well
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 02:24 PM (JoTi8
Really? You should meet Katrinka. She could change your mind.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 02:25 PM (nyTxL)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2026 02:25 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 02:26 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 02:25 PM (pDt9x)
We have a Golden Doodle She's 100 lbs....
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 02:26 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2026 02:25 PM (aZm/F)
Literally. The men died, the women and womanly men took over.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 10, 2026 02:27 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: buckler tarlson at April 10, 2026 02:27 PM (VrDSx)
[You fucking retard. If you are going to be an antisemite, at least get your facts correct. Starmer isn't Jewish...his wife is. [CBD]]
Posted by: Interesting at April 10, 2026 02:27 PM (S8MNd)
Posted by: Archie Bunker at April 10, 2026 02:27 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Cray Cray at April 10, 2026 02:27 PM (yB2r7)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 02:27 PM (GD0B3)
Iran's cardboard fake alive leader is stronger than a very real alive Keir Starmer
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 10, 2026 02:27 PM (IifOV)
Son and daughter-in-law have a Doodle.
He is so smart, adorable and a wonderful addition to their family.
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 02:27 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 10, 2026 02:27 PM (dmDsy)
65 Good dogs, Doodles. My guy is already 48 pounds and 24 inches high at seven months.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 02:25 PM (pDt9x)
We have a Golden Doodle She's 100 lbs....
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 02:26 PM (FtULh)
Mine is a Standard Poodle. Super athletic. Runs me ragged.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 02:28 PM (pDt9x)
Scandis could start raiding again.
Maybe scandi could tell their Newcomers that raping and pillaging great britain will make them legit.
Posted by: Operator Error at April 10, 2026 02:28 PM (wsxbk)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 02:28 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 02:28 PM (GD0B3)
Iran's cardboard fake alive leader is stronger than a very real alive Keir Starmer
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 10, 2026 02:27 PM (IifOV)
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heh
You are correct, Sir!
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2026 02:28 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 02:29 PM (xvV+O)
She hit 2 cars, not just one. Both were parked. Her car has a flat and the front passenger side is pretty fubar, so it was a $275 is tow back to her apartment.
I'll figure out what to do from there. Strong chance I'm borrowing a bud's trailer and heading south next weekend.
Great, especially since I'm working Saturday morning at 1AM till........
Lord, give me strength.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 02:29 PM (IXZGh)
Sure glad we dumped those losers back in '76. 1776.
Posted by: George Washington at April 10, 2026 02:29 PM (IifOV)
Their biggest industry is banking.
I'll bet starmer wants back in the EU.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 02:29 PM (nyTxL)
After they completely told us to stuff it.
How about f-off fags?
Posted by: Vengeance at April 10, 2026 02:29 PM (Pu/zx)
Scandis could start raiding again.
Maybe scandi could tell their Newcomers that raping and pillaging great britain will make them legit.
Posted by: Operator Error at April 10, 2026 02:28 PM (wsxbk)
what would you want to steal? The monasteries the Norse looted were looted by the English by the Protestants in the 1500s.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 02:30 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at April 10, 2026 02:30 PM (k1E2D)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 02:30 PM (GD0B3)
Rum, sodomy and the lash never ends well
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 02:24 PM (JoTi8
Really? You should meet Katrinka. She could change your mind.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 10, 2026 02:25 PM (nyTxL)
Katrinka? Did The Drinker finally dump Tatiana?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 02:30 PM (JoTi8)
Nelson had 27 Ships of The Line at Trafalgar.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 10, 2026 02:31 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Cray Cray at April 10, 2026 02:27 PM (yB2r7)
They'll always have the Ministry of Silly Walks.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 10, 2026 02:31 PM (dK+Kv)
They once spread themselves out and attempted world takeover. Now, they can't protect jack shit.
A once proud heritage, dashed to bits on the islhamic rocks below.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 02:31 PM (IXZGh)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 02:31 PM (ESVrU)
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Those two clowns don't care about that. It is the rebuilding grift they want in on. Too bad the USA won't be paying for that either.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 02:32 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at April 10, 2026 02:30 PM (k1E2D)
It is in the middle of a 10 year repair program going to the 2030s.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 02:32 PM (8avO+)
I was an Anglophile till about 30 years ago.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 10, 2026 02:32 PM (DgMqy)
We could form individual treaties with the few countries in Europe that A) have their shit together in any meaningful way and B) won't actively spit in our faces while we protect them.
Posted by: ballistic at April 10, 2026 02:33 PM (oqH4h)
Sponge,
I'm sorry ya'll have to deal with the mess.
Ya'll have had to deal with a lot of stuff lately.
I'm praying for you all, that's all I can do to help.
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 02:33 PM (3ek7K)
Let's just rename the English Channel to the "American Channel" and be done with it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 02:31 PM (ESVrU)
So Limey sea power moves into the same tier as British Cuisine and British Dental Hygiene.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 02:34 PM (JoTi8)
What a wanker.
England is gone. How can the populace sit around and watch this crap?
Do they really think once Trump is gone we are going to forget this?
What are Democrats assuring them behind the scenes and why are the so confident they will win back power. 🤔
Posted by: Vengeance at April 10, 2026 02:34 PM (Pu/zx)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 202
You and your wife be well. Daughter too.
Hopefully this is her wakeup call.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 02:35 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 10, 2026 02:35 PM (CWTWj)
We could form individual treaties with the few countries in Europe that A) have their shit together in any meaningful way and B) won't actively spit in our faces while we protect them.
Posted by: ballistic at April 10, 2026 02:33 PM (oqH4h)
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It needs to go.
Yes, make deals with individual countries and get something out of it. Not the bullshit screwing the US is getting now.
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2026 02:35 PM (aZm/F)
Startled Starmer needs to go. To a mental hospital for electroshock therapy or a suicide pod, I am unclear which would be best. Maybe a rest home deep in the woods.
I refer to him as Startled Starmer, as that's most of his photos. I joke that he appears startled from a surprise colonoscopy in a darkened elevator. It's been revealed now that Putin was the person in that elevator with him. Mocking that Starmer can't even keep rubber rafts filled with barbarians off England's shores.
RISE UP MEN OF BRITAIN! For the love of God rise up, UK and Europe! You are on borrowed time as it is. DEPORT the barbarians, replace Starmer for a man with testosterone! Or maybe a woman with testosterone as it is confusing.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 02:35 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Vengeance at April 10, 2026 02:35 PM (Pu/zx)
They once spread themselves out and attempted world takeover. Now, they can't protect jack shit.
A once proud heritage, dashed to bits on the islhamic rocks below.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 02:31 PM (IXZGh)
It really isn't the Islamists that are the problem but the uniparty enablers that import them.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 02:35 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 02:35 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 02:35 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Cray Cray at April 10, 2026 02:35 PM (yB2r7)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 10, 2026 02:31 PM (n9ltV)
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Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 02:35 PM (GD0B3)
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Gutter is a tool!
Posted by: ballistic at April 10, 2026 02:36 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 02:31 PM
Keir and his Muzzie buddies will rename it "The Strait of Allah" and charge to pass through it.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 10, 2026 02:36 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 10, 2026 02:36 PM (CT11t)
They could have risen up if the government hadn't confiscated their weapons.
Let England be a lesson to us. NEVER GIVE UP YOUR WEAPONS!!!!!
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 02:36 PM (3ek7K)
It doesn’t deserve that. Name it after a state. Call it The Greenland Channel.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 10, 2026 02:19 PM (EXyHK)
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Excellent point. Europe laughed and jeered at the United States and our concern over the security of Greenland. After Putin's display of contempt of the UK's national security establishment, I think the Greenland Question should be prioritized and addressed appropriately.
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2026 02:37 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 02:36 PM (xvV+O)
I think we have already cut way back on intelligence sharing.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 02:37 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Vengeance at April 10, 2026 02:37 PM (Pu/zx)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 02:21 PM (2ocoG)
By far. Gay poodles didn't make the choice, their owners groomed them into it. Queer Starmer grabs his ankles daily because he looooooves it.
Posted by: Those poor dogs at April 10, 2026 02:37 PM (TbWk/)
Nah. He should leave it in and dump a load.
Posted by: Vengeance at April 10, 2026 02:38 PM (Pu/zx)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 10, 2026 02:38 PM (CWTWj)
Starmer should schedule a trip to Canada and avail himself of its MAID service.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 10, 2026 02:38 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: DanMan at April 10, 2026 02:38 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: RS at April 10, 2026 02:39 PM (SuU/K)
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2026 02:37 PM (rj6Yv)
The EU sent about 17 soldiers to Greenland to defy us. But since they had no naval craft to deliver them, they had to use commercial flights and ferries. After a while they went home.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 02:39 PM (8avO+)
The UK Home Office announced the other day that they were cutting back on arresting people for saying things.
Insty says this morning someone got a 5 AM perp walk for posting that Starmer is lame.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 02:39 PM (2ocoG)
American umbrella for Europe is how they got here. If presidents beginning with anyone after Truman had slapped them like Vito Corleone did Johnny Fontane, they wouldn't be in this predicament.
We are to blame.
/s
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 10, 2026 02:40 PM (Fn30I)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 02:40 PM (GD0B3)
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Believe or Not - Poodles were hunting dogs and their haircut was to make them more buoyant for retrieving downed ducks in water. It was the Parisians that gayed them up.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 10, 2026 02:40 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 02:28 PM (gKWVE)
Yup. He posts from a Verizon account in Whites Creek, Tennessee.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 10, 2026 02:40 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: RS at April 10, 2026 02:39 PM (SuU/K)
it was a kind of embarrassment for them but the big ships didn't do much afterward. the Scharnhorst was run down and sunk off Norway some months later. The Prinz Eugen hung out in the Baltic the rest of the war and was H Bombed by the US after the war.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 02:41 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 02:41 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 02:26 PM (FtULh)
She all recovered then?
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 02:41 PM (vC6mJ)
If not engaged in a full blow civil war. Which is debatable of course.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 02:41 PM (AkEZC)
Posted by: gnats local 678
Not so fast, we're not going to let you have what is ours so easily.
-Paki rape gangs
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 10, 2026 02:41 PM (Dv3i1)
Don't the Brits call faggotry "the French mistake" or something like that?
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 02:41 PM (2ocoG)
Last laugh time is coming.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 02:24 PM (dIske)
They equate "free" with "great" healthcare when people die awaiting for services they can't get but would be free if they could get them.
Side note, MIL had to go to the ER Wednesday night, and for the last 25 years, the ER waiting room and treatment rooms were packed every night with multihour waits just to get into the ER. The treatment rooms were half full, and from the time the ambulance dropped her off to when it took her back to her facility was about 5 hours. She had xrays and a cat scan and stitches in that time frame.
I guess getting rid of illegals is really helping.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at April 10, 2026 02:41 PM (k1E2D)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 02:39 PM (2ocoG)
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God blessed our Founding Fathers, giving them the foresight to allow the citizens to call our politicians absolute dumbass, grifting pieces of shit.
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2026 02:41 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 02:35 PM (dIske)
I think the Cajun Navy could beat the UK Navy.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 02:42 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: William the Bastard at April 10, 2026 02:42 PM (MDua2)
— The Times (14 February 1942)[
Posted by: RS at April 10, 2026 02:42 PM (SuU/K)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 02:40 PM (GD0B3)
They are, in many ways.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 02:42 PM (pDt9x)
==
The entire planet Earth is jealous. This is how unique it is.
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 02:42 PM (GD0B3)
Billions for illegal immigrations, only contempt for the nation's welfare.
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2026 02:42 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: brak at April 10, 2026 02:43 PM (jGJov)
This is hilarious, karma for that pedo piece of shit rapist enabling scumbag.
The UK has fallen so low. What the hell is it at this point.
He's that bald guy Benny Hill used to smack around. Pathetic.
"Sir Keir Starmer"
Get the fuck out of here. Fuck that.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at April 10, 2026 02:43 PM (et1vG)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
The cashier at Old Navy could beat the UK Navy.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 10, 2026 02:43 PM (MDua2)
Posted by: Vengeance at April 10, 2026 02:44 PM (Pu/zx)
Posted by: Hotspur at April 10, 2026 02:44 PM (hp5Wc)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 02:41 PM (vC6mJ)
The sick one was our German Wirehaired pointer who is 11... Got some sort of bronchial crud that was going around at the dog park... He's much better but not fully....
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 02:44 PM (RHvlD)
Posted by: redridinghood at April 10, 2026 02:44 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2026 02:44 PM (yAteE)
Posted by: Oldcat
Funny thing is the US has a base in Greenland for years now. Former Thule AFB, now a Space Force base with a funny name. Staffed by 150.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 10, 2026 02:44 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Operator Error at April 10, 2026 02:44 PM (wsxbk)
The once greatest navy to sail the seas is now a shrimp boat with Capt. Forrest Gump at the helm.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 02:44 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Eeyore at April 10, 2026 02:45 PM (AlhUl)
The three greatest Britons in the past 80 years are a half-American PM who helped defeat Nazi Germany; the first chick to become PM and Kate Beckinsale's leather catsuit from Underworld.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 02:45 PM (JoTi8)
I'm sorry ya'll have to deal with the mess.
Ya'll have had to deal with a lot of stuff lately.
I'm praying for you all, that's all I can do to help.
Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2026 02:33 PM (3ek7K)
Thank you. It's why I come here. So many of you are the best humanity has to offer.
I am blessed.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 02:45 PM (IXZGh)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 02:45 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 02:39 PM (2ocoG)
NO KINGS
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 02:45 PM (vC6mJ)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 02:45 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Vengeance at April 10, 2026 02:45 PM (9I5W+)
Insty says this morning someone got a 5 AM perp walk for posting that Starmer is lame.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 02:39 PM (2ocoG)
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They must be running out of space for prisoners in the Tower of London...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 02:45 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 02:45 PM (vC6mJ)
Putin is an ahole.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 10, 2026 02:46 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 10, 2026 02:46 PM (diia5)
We're gonna have to nuke Europe or something.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 02:46 PM (2ocoG)
Hopefully this is her wakeup call.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 02:35 PM (Sco7b)
It damn sure better be.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 02:46 PM (IXZGh)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 02:46 PM (vC6mJ)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 02:47 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 02:47 PM (vC6mJ)
We're gonna have to nuke Europe or something.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 02:46 PM (2ocoG)
We may have to stay in NATO just to keep Europe from getting into trouble crushing its citizens.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 02:47 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 10, 2026 02:48 PM (wBaIH)
We're gonna have to nuke Europe or something.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 02:46 PM (2ocoG)
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Well, yes, but not until the Muslims complete their conquest.
The native populations in at least a few countries will be gone in the next 50 years or so (within two generations).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 02:48 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 02:35 PM (GD0B3)
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Gutter is a tool!
Posted by: ballistic at April 10, 2026 02:36 PM (oqH4h)
The King is a FINK!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 02:48 PM (IXZGh)
Screw the channel and ruling the waves, THE BRITISH POLICE ARE ARRESTING CITIZENS IN THEIR HOMES THAT CRITICIZE STARMER OR THE MUZZIES.
Sharia Law is in effect there. Officially.
When King Chuckie the Tampon comes for a visit Trump should go full Trump on him at the state dinner.
Posted by: Auspex at April 10, 2026 02:48 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Archer at April 10, 2026 02:48 PM (wvc0i)
Posted by: Vengeance at April 10, 2026 02:48 PM (9I5W+)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 10, 2026 02:49 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 10, 2026 02:49 PM (BfZBZ)
Putin is an ahole.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 10, 2026 02:46 PM (NpAcC)
There's three types of people in this world, Chuck: dicks, pussies, and assholes.
Posted by: yes, Gary, yes! at April 10, 2026 02:49 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 10, 2026 02:50 PM (ODRj8)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 02:50 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
The cashier at Old Navy could beat the UK Navy.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 10, 2026 02:43 PM (MDua2)
Each individual member of The Village People singing their part of In the Navy could beat the UK Navy.
Posted by: banana Dream - search the world for pleather at April 10, 2026 02:50 PM (3uBP9)
Good Lord Sponge, you can't catch a break... I'll say a little prayer for you all...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 02:50 PM (RHvlD)
The only reason not sharing a land border with Europe is beneficial hinges on you having a Naval Advantage.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2026 02:50 PM (TLp3A)
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2026 02:51 PM (aZm/F)
Their names?
Ali Mohammed Ali Abdullah, Hameed Mohammed Nagi, Ibrahim Ayyub Khan, and Mohammed Sultan Saleh. Ahh yes, they're clearly just lost trying to find good fish and chips.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 02:51 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 10, 2026 02:51 PM (IifOV)
Gonna have to go with Putin, who is a Judo black belt, in that fight.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 10, 2026 02:51 PM (Da7Vv)
It's kind of shocking how much sense that speech makes, really.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 02:52 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 02:47 PM (pDt9x)
Thank you. I'm just trying to get my head right and not have a heart attack.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 02:52 PM (IXZGh)
261
Transgender is the worst gaslighting since Covid. Which as the worst gaslight ing since climate change....
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
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It makes me wonder what the next big thing will be. Climate change, illegal immigration, and transgenderism seem to be going downhill in voters' minds. I'm thinking a return to good ol' basic wealth taxes and socialism in general are the next big battles. The classics never fail!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 02:05 PM (n7rxJ)
I think it will be, "Israel is an apartheid, war crime, genocidal pariah State." It's already being said on the online Left without pushback, soon to be the "common wisdom" spouted by mainstream Democrats and cable talking heads, then broadcast news hosts as well.
Anti-Zionism is the gateway drug of anti-nationalism, and the inversion of antifascist = antijew makes it a great purity test. So, it's perfect for the Worldies in their pursuit of a New World Order with One World Gov't, the biggest confidence scheme in history, with all global accumulated wealth and absolute power over every human as the prize. And with an incentive like that, they will never ever stop trying.
Posted by: SciVo at April 10, 2026 02:52 PM (Sy6m/)
Trump should offer to patrol it and rename it The American Channel.
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As long as we get toll booths at both exits. Same deal with the Persian Gulf and Gulf of America.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 10, 2026 02:19 PM (n17eQ)
Lol and charge the British a toll to pass thru it.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 10, 2026 02:53 PM (i0Hi3)
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So english men.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 02:53 PM (xvV+O)
derka derka muhammed jihad
Posted by: brak at April 10, 2026 02:53 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 02:53 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 02:53 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Vengeance at April 10, 2026 02:48 PM (9I5W+)
_________________________
I'd like to see Trump hire Jesse Kelly as a liason to Russia so that he's there at every meeting and negotiation. Kelly is 6'9". It would be hilarious, and you know Kelly would enjoy it, making sure to stand next to Putin whenever possible.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 02:53 PM (dIske)
Good Lord Sponge, you can't catch a break... I'll say a little prayer for you all...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 02:50 PM (RHvlD)
No kidding. I pissed someone off and they're getting back at me tooth and nail. The black cloud hasn't left yet.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 02:54 PM (IXZGh)
But they have made the UK safe for moslem pedophiles, so they have that going for them.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 10, 2026 02:54 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 02:55 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 02:54 PM (IXZGh)
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It will, Sponge, it will!
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2026 02:55 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2026 02:55 PM (rj6Yv)
Good Lord Sponge, you can't catch a break... I'll say a little prayer for you all...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 02:50 PM (RHvlD)
No kidding. I pissed someone off and they're getting back at me tooth and nail. The black cloud hasn't left yet.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 02:54 PM (IXZGh)
Having a "Job" season. That sucks.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 02:55 PM (pDt9x)
How tall is Barron? He and Jesse Kelly could flank Putin.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 02:56 PM (2ocoG)
Besides Starmer would call for a truce the minute his hair got messed.
Posted by: Vengeance at April 10, 2026 02:56 PM (RglcL)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 02:56 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 10, 2026 02:56 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 02:57 PM (RHvlD)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 02:55 PM (GD0B3)
No. She's fine and the cars were parked and unoccupied.
I'm just absolutely flabbergasted about it. I mean, it's a college town. F*cking Uber home. $20 is better than this shit. And we've TOLD her over and over and over.
Alcohol wins every time. You can't defeat it.
And yet, here we are.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 02:57 PM (IXZGh)
Search Assist
Vladimir Putin's official height is reported to be 5 feet 7 inches (170 cm), but some estimates suggest he could be as short as 5 feet 2 inches (157 cm).
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 02:57 PM (pDt9x)
In many respects, aren't these the story of the West versus Islam?
I hope Romero doesn't have a fourth wise black man. He was ahead of his time in that regard.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 02:58 PM (Sco7b)
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That girl in the back of the truck, with legs at impossible angles and barely any clothing, paraded around to jeers and spit from the Palestinian savage civilians after Oct 7? She had it coming, I guess.
That's why I'm done with the anti-Israel just asking questions sh(t from Tucker.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 10, 2026 02:58 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 10, 2026 02:56 PM (CHHv1)
Thank you. I do too.
I'm aging a hell of a lot faster than I want to, for sure.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 02:58 PM (IXZGh)
Mark my words - in 10 years Great Briton will either be begging to be annexed by the U.S. or be a broken-down Muslim satrapy.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 10, 2026 02:58 PM (vOtXJ)
He seemed a bit nervous, watching Sec Rubio, then the thumbs up.
Pathetic. These "men" are pathetic (not Sec Rubio), but the effete "men" who think are in charge of the world from their ivory towers.
I'm to the point of yelling shame and throwing rotten fruit and vegetables.
We now need to bring back duels at dawn for this loon and Starmer.
I say this as I bang my sterling topped ebony cane and rattle cages. Which is basically the UK Parliament and how it works. Worthless as well. Put them all on their defunct ships (except Rupert Lowe) and sink them. Good for making reefs.
In reality I need to do chores and swill wine for victory if I conquer anything in my castle.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 02:58 PM (WONhk)
So The Scouring of The Shire is fresh in your memory.
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2026 02:58 PM (TLp3A)
No it will be human sacrifice. Starting with MAID.
It has all the ingredients. Worship of death, "compassion" turned on its ever-loving head, and it turns the stomachs of the sane.
Hence very easy to predict as the Next Thing.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 02:58 PM (vC6mJ)
It will, Sponge, it will!
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2026 02:55 PM (aZm/F)
I appreciate your positivity.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 02:58 PM (IXZGh)
https://tinyurl.com/4tjkt4ma
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 02:59 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2026 02:59 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 02:59 PM (vC6mJ)
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2026 02:58 PM (TLp3A)
Yes... Finished the last book yesterday
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 02:59 PM (RHvlD)
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at April 10, 2026 02:59 PM (bufu1)
Posted by: Speller at April 10, 2026 02:59 PM (pSotA)
I think the Cajun Navy could beat the UK Navy.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
The cashier at Old Navy could beat the UK Navy.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks
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Navy Joan Biden could beat the UK Navy.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 03:00 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 10, 2026 03:00 PM (T+ycL)
It will pass and you do NOT need me to remind you to count your blessings. You have at least one big recent one that I know of.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:00 PM (vC6mJ)
Posted by: It's me donna
Sauron's navy from Umbar, manned by corsairs and oared by slaves could easily defeat today's British navy.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 10, 2026 03:00 PM (Dv3i1)
I'm just absolutely flabbergasted about it. I mean, it's a college town. F*cking Uber home. $20 is better than this shit. And we've TOLD her over and over and over.
Alcohol wins every time. You can't defeat it.
And yet, here we are.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 02:57 PM (IXZGh)
oh. then all is well. yeah I know, college..take the car away until she is 35!
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 03:00 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 02:58 PM (IXZGh)
Did they arrest her ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 03:00 PM (RHvlD)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 02:05 PM (n7rxJ)
Bestial necrophilia...
I've been calling that for a while now.
C'mon. Look at all the crazy crap we have now and ask if your younger selves could have imagined it happening.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 03:00 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: The Brits at April 10, 2026 03:00 PM (TcMLU)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 03:01 PM (Fbc0I)
The man is pathetic and England is lost. Not going to be, not will be, not in the future, England is over. They have no real industry. They import half their food. They have effectively no military. They have no power. All that is left is the GMT time zone and the reputation of being a financial powerhouse.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 03:01 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: The Brits at April 10, 2026 03:01 PM (TcMLU)
Posted by: The Brits at April 10, 2026 03:00 PM
We have teeth.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 03:01 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 10, 2026 03:01 PM (5laSV)
This isn't new. They've consistently shit on every white colony they lost control of. Ask the Rhodesians. The South Africans.
Piss on the Brits. They get what they deserve.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 03:01 PM (KVa9+)
Posted by: garrett at April 10, 2026 02:58 PM (TLp3A)
Yes... Finished the last book yesterday
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 02:59 PM (RHvlD)
And your verdict? If interested, try the Silmarillion. The backstory to the Third Age where the LoTR action takes place. I liked it.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 03:01 PM (pDt9x)
No it will be human sacrifice. Starting with MAID.
It has all the ingredients. Worship of death, "compassion" turned on its ever-loving head, and it turns the stomachs of the sane.
Hence very easy to predict as the Next Thing.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 02:58 PM (vC6mJ)
The Brit National Health service has already commandeered some kids to die without treatment rather than let them seek free medical treatment abroad.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 03:01 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 10, 2026 03:00 PM (T+ycL)
Thanks. When do you move?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 03:01 PM (IXZGh)
Awhhh. Poor pooch.Sorry I confused them!!!
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:02 PM (vC6mJ)
Did they arrest her ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 03:00 PM (RHvlD)
Yes. She refused the sobriety test. Not sure if she ever took one.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 03:02 PM (IXZGh)
The Prime Minister has no support or political clout, parliament is hated. They should have had an election last year.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 03:02 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: It's me donna
Sauron's navy from Umbar, manned by corsairs and oared by slaves could easily defeat today's British navy.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 10, 2026 03:00 PM (Dv3i1)
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Three Orcs in a canoe could probably manage to defeat Britain's once-mighty navy.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 03:02 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 03:00 PM (GD0B3)
That's the plan, most likely.
Here. Enjoy the bed you made.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 03:03 PM (IXZGh)
Posted by: Speller at April 10, 2026 02:59 PM (pSotA)
They sent their artillery to Ukraine years ago.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 03:03 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 02:40 PM (GD0B3)
If they light the beacons, does Boston have to send aid?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 10, 2026 03:03 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 03:01 PM (pDt9x
Loved it... will look into that book... Thanks
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 03:03 PM (RHvlD)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 02:40 PM (GD0B3)
Everything but the redheads, yes
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:04 PM (vC6mJ)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 03:04 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 10, 2026 03:04 PM (TcMLU)
I'm sure there are a few Vets who are explosive experts in the boating community.
Posted by: Seems Legit at April 10, 2026 03:04 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: The Brits at April 10, 2026 03:01 PM (TcMLU)
*fistbump*
Posted by: The Canadian Health Care System at April 10, 2026 03:04 PM (IXZGh)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 03:04 PM (ndZc7)
Currently, thanks to Trump (not Jimmy Carter or China), The United States Controls the Panama Canal. That is under Maritime Law.
England and the British Isles are nothing more than a flaky pastry ready to crumble and be consumed by foreigners.
The British Monarchy is now nothing more than rice paper pleading to be shredded thanks to The British government and their spongy/woke 'King' Charles III who is a pig waiting to be slaughtered for dinner.
May our Creator grant them a quick/painless death.
Posted by: John at April 10, 2026 03:05 PM (0DsdP)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 02:40 PM (GD0B3)
Everything but the redheads, yes
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:04 PM (vC6mJ)
That explains why the media is silent on Ireland.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 10, 2026 03:05 PM (TcMLU)
Vlad Gangsta rules your waves
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 03:05 PM (iXqHn)
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He had 27.
I mean, maybe more frigates sloops and brigs, but not 100. Any ship below a 2rd rate didn't count for the line and was not directly involved.
The English were outnumbered, by better ships. But they had better leadership, more aggression, and fought their ships better.
Now they can barely get a ship to sail.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 03:05 PM (El6/E)
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Both of these were their last gained holdings. Gold and diamonds are pretty good reason to grab a colony, though. Interestingly, their empire began by going to war with the Dutch. And its last acquisition was from the Dutch.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 10, 2026 03:05 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:00 PM (vC6mJ)
Agreed.
Posted by: The Canadian Health Care System at April 10, 2026 03:05 PM (IXZGh)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 02:47 PM (pDt9x)
Thank you. I'm just trying to get my head right and not have a heart attack.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 02:52 PM (IXZGh)
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Don't have a heart attack as I believe it will get better. Prayers.
We did not have it this bad, but there were times I thought I'd stroke out with anger with our #1 son in college. He burned out a car engine by not checking oil. Brought a girl to our house when we were out of town. Toured universities on our dime then student loans. Many, many girlfriends. It seemed to go on and on, our agony.
Over time and with the luck of us not murdering him, he's a good married man now and votes conservative. But he put us through the dual hell that we gave our own parents in college times 100.
Prayers. Try hard to stay healthy. No one else was hurt, including your daughter. May she learn from this mistake.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 03:05 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 03:05 PM (IXZGh)
In WWII the US had so many destroyers it lost count. Copilot puts the number at "about 377." And "Great" Britain can field five.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 03:06 PM (2LcEm)
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 03:06 PM (RHvlD)
May our Creator grant them a quick/painless death.
Posted by: John at April 10, 2026 03:05 PM (0DsdP)
Leave the Princess of Wales out of this you bastard!
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 10, 2026 03:06 PM (TcMLU)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 02:40 PM
In fairness, there are still a few rural areas of Ireland that are penguin-free.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2026 03:07 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 03:06 PM (RHvlD)
I read where Tapper tried to get the guy to talk shit about Trump, but he wouldn't.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 03:07 PM (IXZGh)
That was a literal smack in the face to the UK. From this point forward "great" britian is no longer a player on the world's stage. A shame really as just 80 years ago they had an actual no $hit empire and the worlds second largest navy.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 03:07 PM (0N4FZ)
KK
@kenki_kids
After getting all lovey-dovey with my favorite girl in her early 20s at the handjob parlor and having her jerk me off, I headed to my usual sushi spot. The best.
I have so many questions.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 03:07 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 03:05 PM (El6/E)
"This never happens..."
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:07 PM (vC6mJ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 03:05 PM (El6/E)
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None, apparently, at a moment's notice. Such a state in the 21st century, gadzooks.
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2026 03:08 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 03:08 PM (Sco7b)
To be betting with Old Navy and Floridian boaters against the UK Navy is perfection!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 03:08 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Vengeance at April 10, 2026 02:48 PM (9I5W+)
_________________________
I'd like to see Trump hire Jesse Kelly as a liason to Russia so that he's there at every meeting and negotiation. Kelly is 6'9". It would be hilarious, and you know Kelly would enjoy it, making sure to stand next to Putin whenever possible.
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 02:53 PM (dIske)
Hell, Trump is like 6'3" or something, he would tower over Putin.
Notice at all those "summits", they all seem to have Putin and POTUS sitting in chairs for the press availability.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at April 10, 2026 03:08 PM (k1E2D)
After getting all lovey-dovey with my favorite girl in her early 20s at the handjob parlor and having her jerk me off, I headed to my usual sushi spot. The best.
I have so many questions.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 03:07 PM (2ocoG)
Sushi and a Hand Job Day?
So close to Steak and a BJ Day?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 03:08 PM (IXZGh)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 03:09 PM (Fbc0I)
KK
@kenki_kids
After getting all lovey-dovey with my favorite girl in her early 20s at the handjob parlor and having her jerk me off, I headed to my usual sushi spot. The best.
I have so many questions.
Posted by: Ian S.
Grok took over the translations on X. Probably an error in translation. Probably just refers to a hand massage with lotion.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 10, 2026 03:09 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 10, 2026 03:09 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 10, 2026 03:09 PM (iFTx/)
Hezbollah firing rockets into Northern Israel....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 03:08 PM (Sco7b)
Well , of course. Did anyone really expect anything else?
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 03:09 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 03:09 PM (Ia/+0)
In WWII the US had so many destroyers it lost count. Copilot puts the number at "about 377." And "Great" Britain can field five.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 03:06 PM (2LcEm)
They have five they have not scrapped. Many of those are in long term repair that is planned to take 5 years and probably will take longer. They don't want to pay for maintenance or updating.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 03:10 PM (8avO+)
So she's the one who hit my son's parked car🤔
Joking, but my son had his car parked and doesn't drive much since he's on campus. He came out and someone had hit him and knocked out his tail light and scraped up the backside of his car. Of course they didn't leave a note so it's all on our insurance. Yay.
Posted by: lin-duh at April 10, 2026 03:10 PM (s7suz)
Given sufficiently high heels, AtC would tower over Putin.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 03:10 PM (2ocoG)
Britons never, never, never will be slaves
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never will be slaves
https://is.gd/iEUpbp
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 03:10 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 03:05 PM (WONhk)
The one time I was seriously so afraid of my father that I thought he was actually going to follow through on his threats to shoot me was when I didn't notice my car had an oil leak and I burned out the engine.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 03:10 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Max Power at April 10, 2026 03:10 PM (q177U)
Originally it was just strategically valuable for the war. It gave England a port on the way to India, and every time there was peace they kept having to give it back to the Dutch. Kinda like Gibraltar, they'd give it back to the Spanish then have to take it back.
It just turned out to also have lots of nice resources as well.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 03:10 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 10, 2026 03:09 PM (iFTx/)
Why would he want to, he has plenty of Muslims already.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 03:10 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 03:10 PM (IXZGh)
Posted by: Keir Starmer at April 10, 2026 03:11 PM (XJzAV)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
And he beat 35 if I recall correctly.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 10, 2026 03:11 PM (0U5gm)
Given sufficiently high heels, AtC would tower over Putin.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 03:10 PM (2ocoG)
But Putin has the best Badass Smirk and Badass "I could f***ing kill you any time I want" Laugh.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 03:11 PM (iXqHn)
I thought that at first, but one of the replies (also from a Japanese person) was that both handjobs and sushi preparation are all in the grip, which sounds something Ace would say.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 03:11 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 03:07 PM (2ocoG)
You mean like why did he have to specify that he got "jerked off" at the handjob parlor?
Was he trying to eliminate any trace of potential confusion because I think the name took care of that
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:11 PM (vC6mJ)
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 03:11 PM (GD0B3)
As long as he kept the handouts coming the English wouldn’t budge.
Posted by: Keir Starmer at April 10, 2026 03:11 PM (XJzAV)
So she's the one who hit my son's parked car🤔
Joking, but my son had his car parked and doesn't drive much since he's on campus. He came out and someone had hit him and knocked out his tail light and scraped up the backside of his car. Of course they didn't leave a note so it's all on our insurance. Yay.
Posted by: lin-duh at April 10, 2026 03:10 PM (s7suz)
She didn't flee, stayed till the cops got there and I guess "volunteered" she'd been drinking.........
She'd already been popped for bumping into a truck and leaving.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 03:12 PM (IXZGh)
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 03:12 PM (pDt9x)
As long as he kept the handouts coming the English wouldn’t budge.
Posted by: Keir Starmer at April 10, 2026 03:11 PM (XJzAV)
See, I don't think Putin would actually want to conquer any of Western Europe.
He'd just break it and laugh, then ride off into the sunset topless on his horse.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 03:12 PM (iXqHn)
All of Europe is, from what I can tell. Like I said a couple times before, NATO didn't turn down Trump's request for them to patrol the Strait and protect their interests because of politics. They did it because they literally cannot. They don't have the ships, the men, the oil, or the resources.
Europe keeps acting like they are afraid of Russia invading but they strip their military back more and more. Its obvious that they do not actually fear any such thing.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 03:13 PM (El6/E)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 03:13 PM (Ia/+0)
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Day ending in a "y"
Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 03:14 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Speller at April 10, 2026 02:59 PM (pSotA)
A warship can protect itself and the boarding crew, a helicopter can't.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at April 10, 2026 03:14 PM (k1E2D)
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Precisely. Their defense plan is keeping America in NATO by hook or crook. See Ukraine.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 10, 2026 03:14 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 10, 2026 03:15 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 10, 2026 03:11 PM (0U5gm)
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33. Close.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 10, 2026 03:15 PM (5laSV)
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2026 03:15 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 03:13 PM (El6/E)
Because they know he doesn't want to be saddled with their miserable sack of shit, financially-insolvent countries and their miserable sack of shit people.
He'd just want to stomp their face into the mud, at most.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 03:15 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 10, 2026 03:09 PM (iFTx/)
Does laughing count as shit
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:15 PM (vC6mJ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 10, 2026 03:15 PM (BI5O2)
Valid.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 03:15 PM (IXZGh)
Because they know the same Warcocks here just can't stand the idea of a war in Europe without our boys on the field. Like their favorite sports team getting left out of the championship tournament.
Posted by: Yep at April 10, 2026 03:16 PM (KVa9+)
Oldest warship afloat is the USS Constitution.
Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 10, 2026 03:16 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 03:16 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 10, 2026 03:15 PM (BI5O2)
We saw that in Egypt in 67 and 73, and Iraq after that. If they do good prep they can do a good initial offensive, but once things get frisky they tend to get outdone and crumble apart.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2026 03:16 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 03:10 PM (iXqHn)
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Our boy was lucky at the time to be 2.5hrs away in Tampa and we were on the Atlantic. He had an oil leak he ignored as he drove all over the state to play his sax in gigs while in college.
This was his second car after two accidents, one totalling his first car. Neither accident was his fault.
That black cloud did hover over him for a couple of years and we dealt with it with much anger and angst. And he was the "smart one" from kindergarten to 12th grade. College upended that title. Our second boy sailed through in 4yrs of engineering and bloomed in college.
You never know which way your kids will go. Thankfully ours were so afraid of us they did not do drugs and told us when they started drinking (at party schools,no less, UF and FSU) at age 20yrs. The fear of parents works along with the love that you have to continue (well, the liking him at those times part, we always loved him).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 10, 2026 03:16 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 10, 2026 03:16 PM (LdBR/)
What about the USS Taylor Lorenz
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 03:17 PM (vC6mJ)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 10, 2026 03:17 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Orson at April 10, 2026 03:17 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 10, 2026 03:18 PM (Fbc0I)
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Problem is easily solved. Just change the name from destroyers to ticklers.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 03:18 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 10, 2026 03:10 PM (2ocoG)
But Putin has the best Badass Smirk and Badass "I could f***ing kill you any time I want" Laugh.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 03:11 PM (iXqHn)
Let's not get carried away, AtC would be at best eye level, and AtC would sink the shiv into your heart all while blessing that heart.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at April 10, 2026 03:18 PM (k1E2D)
Britons never, never, never will be slaves
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never will be slaves
https://is.gd/iEUpbp
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 10, 2026 03:10 PM (ndZc7)
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"Rule Brittania" is an annual wall-banger at the Proms. Might be worth watching LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall this year.
Posted by: mrp at April 10, 2026 03:20 PM (rj6Yv)
Good Lord Sponge, you can't catch a break... I'll say a little prayer for you all...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 10, 2026 02:50 PM (RHvlD)
No kidding. I pissed someone off and they're getting back at me tooth and nail. The black cloud hasn't left yet.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 02:54 PM (IXZGh)
Not to make light of a bad situation, but you're kinda reminding me of the last episode of Landman this year. Billy Bob Thornton is in his truck trying to solve problems on the phone while whizzing down the highway and finally looks up at the sky
"Well, God? You got anything else? Just dump it the fuck down on me!"
2 seconds later a multicar pileup almost gets him killed. Billy Bob gets out of his car...
"That was low, God. That was fuckin' dirty."
On a happier note, the episode ends with one of the most hopeful scenes that Taylor Sheridan has ever written.
Stay strong, brother.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 03:23 PM (JoTi8)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2026 03:13 PM
Poland is pretty much the only thing keeping putin from rollinig into europe at this point.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2026 03:25 PM (0N4FZ)
Therefore, we should declare that all goals in Iran have been achieved and our military should leave the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea Theater. Tell Europe it is now their problem. Do not provide Europe or Britain with our oil or natural gas. Let them work it out. They will have a 'Coming to God' moment.
Israel is not politically monochromatic.
They have a conservative faction that is hell-bent-for-leather defending their sovereignty. The other faction is traditional Jewish socialism. The Jewish Socialists believe themselves to be superior and hate their conservatives. Those Jewish Socialists will do/say anything to undermine the conservatives, even at their own demise.
Posted by: John at April 10, 2026 03:26 PM (0DsdP)
Posted by: He stamped his widdle footsie at April 10, 2026 04:06 PM (cHRsY)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 10, 2026 04:47 PM (ksbjf)
I don't know if I can open the books again and look Horatio in the eye.
Posted by: John the River at April 10, 2026 05:07 PM (Li1E5)
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